Definitions for handout

handout hand·out

Spelling: [hand-out]
IPA: /ˈhændˌaʊt/

Handout is a 7 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 11 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 12 points.

You can make 156 anagrams from letters in handout (adhnotu).

Definitions for handout

noun

  1. a portion of food or the like given to a needy person, as a beggar.
  2. press release.
  3. any printed, typed, mimeographed, or photocopied copy of information, as a speech, policy statement, or fact sheet given to reporters, attendees at a meeting, or the like.
  4. anything given away for nothing, as a free sample of a product by an advertiser.

Origin of handout

1825-35; 1940-45 for def 2; noun use of verb phrase hand out

Examples for handout

He had not been expecting any handout, so he was not disappointed.

Most of the rest of his family always wanted money or a handout of some sort, and that ate away at Michael for years.

The handout paints a dire picture, but the qat users of Guangzhou are successful businessmen.

He wants “more than a handout, a payoff, hush money, or a reluctant bribe.”

It appears like I'm givin' all I've got for a handout at the kitchen door of the big company.

As I paid my check, my eye fell on a handout beside the cash register.

If I had the coin, wouldn't I give them a handout of fresh air and milk?

Maybe we asks fer a handout now and then; but that ain't our reg'lar way.

Romney implied that these folks are lazy and undeserving, always looking for a handout.

All at once I was hungry enough to have gone and asked for a handout.

Word Value for handout
Scrable

11

Words with friends

12

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