giving

adjective
/ˈɡɪvɪŋ/

Having the tendency to give; generous.

Other meanings

Awesome, outstanding, radiating, stunning; exceeding expectations. from 2019 Probably derived from earlier transitive use of , as in this outfit gives ‘college girl’, that one is giving ‘old Hollywood’.
“Your outfit is giving!”

Synonyms

big
handsome
liberal

Related words

almsgiving
caregiving
card giving
gaingiving
gift-giving
gift that keeps on giving
giving birth
givingness
Giving Tuesday
Indian giving
lawgiving
life-giving

Example sentences

“I'm not giving you any more rides.”
Tatoeba · ddnktr · CC0
“I seem to remember giving you my advice on this.”
Tatoeba · AmarMecheri · CC0
“I have a lifelong problem of not giving myself enough credit.”
Tatoeba · shekitten · CC0

Where this comes from

This definition is adapted from “giving” on Wiktionary, by its contributors; example sentences are from Tatoeba, credited to their authors above; related-word lists use Open English WordNet (CC BY 4.0, based on Princeton WordNet), published under CC BY-SA 4.0. This page is published under the same licence.