freebie
English
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From free + -b- (epenthetic) + -ie.
Pronunciation
[edit]- IPA(key): /ˈfɹiːbi/
Audio (Southern England): (file) - Rhymes: -iːbi
Noun
[edit]freebie (plural freebies)
- (informal) Something which is free; a giveaway or handout.
- I didn't buy a thing, but they were handing out some neat freebies and samples.
- 2010, Ann M. Garvey, Ann's Multiple World of Personality: Regular No Cream, No Sugar:
- I had seen its first show when it was a freebie, but I thought it made multiples in general look silly – no one changes clothes THAT much!
- 2014 October 3, Barbarella Fokos, “Children, children everywhere”, in San Diego Reader[1], archived from the original on 5 October 2014:
- Oh, and one important difference with the zoo’s kid freebies is that the cutoff is 11 years old. So no tweens here, please. On the upside, parents can now inform their eager 12-year-olds that they are “too grown up” to be considered kids. I know a few of my niephlings would dig that.
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[edit]Translations
[edit]something which is free — see also handout
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