give off

From give and off.

• IPA^(key): /ɡɪv ɒf/

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give off (third-person singular simple present gives off, present participle giving off, simple past gave off, past participle given off)

1. (transitive) To emit; to produce and send forth; to come across in some manner.

   The substance was giving off smoke.

   I left because she gave off a sense of impatience with me.

2. (intransitive, slang, Ireland) To fuss or whine.