giveaway noun 4adjective 2forms 1phrases 1 noun4 •Something that is given away or handed out for free.The T-shirt was a giveaway from the company that sells the software. •An indicator that makes something obvious or apparent.The frosting in his beard was a giveaway that he had been munching the cake. •An event at which things are given away for free.In this giveaway a person who has had something special happen to him gives gifts to others around him, so that they can share in his feelings. — 1987 •The act of giving something away for free.Late May is the target date for giveaway of the new NPP FloraCopter game by retail Aorists to increase their “in-store traffic" and sales. — 1965 adjective[before a noun]2 •free of charge, at no cost. •very low.There was also the influx of a third of a million road lorries, sold at giveaway prices after their war roles ceased and used by competing one-man businesses to skim off sundry agricultural freight. — 2023 formsgiveaways Phrases with giveaway dead giveawayA giveaway that is especially obvious, especially ruinous, or both, disclosing, usually unintentionally, a fact or an intention.