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DCHP-2 (Nov 2016)

1†n. & adj.

something that is handed out or given away free of charge.

Quotations

1949

McGinnis Monarch aluminum trailer, 2 rooms, sleeps 4, used 4 months. For sale at giveaway price; excellent home. Phone MI, 5411, Local 28, 8:30-6.

1972

Mrs Pray says she sees all sorts of young people getting giveaways while her son has to work to pay for his schooling.

1984

But it has taken time to close unnecessary refining operations and promotional giveaway schemes can sometimes lead to full-scale price wars.

1995

I head across the cricket pitch, cross Cook, and carry on down May Street and start to loop back at Ross Bay Cemetery. I sidestep two boys delivering the weekly giveaway.

2008

The giveaways of school supplies, candy and toys cause mobs of children to surround soldiers, creating the potential for tragedy, said Petty Officer Shawn Coates, who runs the Joint District Co-ordination Centre, a unit charged with helping Afghan civilians, in Panjwaii District.

2n. & adj. — Hockey

loss of the puck that directly results in a goal against one's own team.

Type: 4. Culturally Significant — The hockey meaning is an expansion of meaning 1. While found in other sports as well, the term is particularly frequent in the hockey context, perhaps on account of the speed of the game. Like other hockey terms, giveaway carries some cultural significance.
COD-2 defines the term more broadly, as a turnover of the puck, and does not label it as Canadian.

Quotations

1969

Subsequently the Bruins played giveaway ball and the squad from Saskabush narrowed the gap.

1978

Jacques Lemaire forced a giveaway in the St. Louis end in the second period, resulting in Steve Shutt's 19th goal of the season.

1984

Chicago's most costly giveaway came midway through the final period with the Oilers nursing a 5-4 lead. Kurri pounced on Jeff Larmer's errant pass to get away on a two-on-one break with Wayne Gretzky.

1995

Zarley Zalapski made a careless giveaway on Kris Draper's goal 6:40 into the third period -- the one that eventually decided the game -- but that play deserved an asterisk.

1999

The identical twins and Vancouver Canuck draft picks were utterly ineffective yesterday in Umea as tournament favourite Sweden was hammered 5-1 by the defending gold medallists from Russia. Neither brother had a point and each has scored just twice in three games so far, far less than what had been expected in this, their third world junior competition. Even worse, a horrible giveaway by Daniel Sedin led to the third Russian goal.

2009

When you play just a handful of minutes, the last thing you want to do is commit the error that costs your team the game. Hennessy's giveaway deep in his own zone did just that.

2016

Kessel was the only Penguin to beat Jones in regulation. He and the Penguins took full advantage of a Roman Polak giveaway in front of the Sharks goal, teammate Brenden Dillon unable to control the puck thereafter.

References

COD-2