From en.wiktionary.org:
[makeout]
** English
[Making out]
*** Pronunciation
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*** Verb
[make < ,,made> out]
1. [en] To draw up (a document etc.), to designate (a cheque ). [en] [from 15th c.]
2. [en] To send out. [16th–17th c.]
3. * [Job]
4. [en] To discern ; to manage to see , hear etc. [from 16th c.]
5. * AUGUST 16 2014 , Daniel Taylor, " Swansea upstage Manchester United in Louis van Gaal’s Premier League bow (see http://www.theguardian.com/football/2014/aug/16/manchester-united-swansea-city-premier-league-match-report) ," _guardian.co.uk_ :
6. *: There was a startling lack of creativity and if [Louis van Gaal] had listened closely he would have MADE OUT the mocking chants from the away end, as the visiting fans embarked on the repertoire of songs that formed the soundtrack to [David Moyes] ’s time in the job.
7. * [year=1934]
8. [en] To manage , get along; to do (well, badly etc.). [from 17th c.]
9. * 1931 , [Hart Crane] , letter, 5 June:
10. *: Regarding money—I shall economize and MAKE OUT probably very well from now on—without any outside help.
11. * [en]
12. [en] To represent ; to make (something) appear to be true . [from 17th c.]
13. * 2002 , [Meg Cabot] , 吴语: All American Girl (novel) , < !-- sic. Despite the Wikipedia article, this edition has a hyphen on the cover, the title page, the spine, and the copyright page.--> 2003 Harper Trophy paperback edition, [0064472779] , page 134:
14. *: She hadn't invited me to a party at her house since the third grade, and here she was, MAKING OUT like we'd never stopped being friends.
15. [en] To get along with (someone).
16. [en] To make an (often temporary) home.
17. [en] [en] To embrace and kiss passionately . [from 20th c.]
18. [en] To engage in heavy petting or sexual intercourse . [from 20th c.]
**** Synonyms
- [to discern] [en] , [en] ; see also Thesaurus:perceive or Thesaurus:spot
- [manage, get along] [en]
- [to embrace] [en] , [en] ; see also Thesaurus:embrace
- [to kiss passionately] [en] , [en] ; see also Thesaurus:kiss
- [to engage in heavy petting] [en] , [en] , [en] ; see also Thesaurus:fondle
- [to engage in sexual intercourse] [en] , [en] ; see also Thesaurus:copulate
**** Derived terms
- [to succeed] [en]
- [to kiss, pet, and so on] [en] , [en]
**** Translations
[to draw up; designate as the recipient]
- Finnish: [fi]
- French: [fr]
- German: [de] , [de]
- Spanish: [es]
- Swedish: [sv]
[trans-bottom]
[to send out]
- Bulgarian: [bg]
- Chinese:
- Spanish: [es]
[trans-bottom]
[to discern]
- Bulgarian: [bg]
- Finnish: [fi] , [fi] , [fi]
- French: [fr] , [fr]
- German: [de] , [de] , [de] , [de] , [de] , [de]
- Polish: [pl]
- Romanian: [ro] , [ro]
- Russian: [ru] , [ru]
- Spanish: [es] , [es] , [es] , [es] , [es]
- Swedish: [sv]
[trans-bottom]
[to manage, get along]
- Bulgarian: [bg]
- Finnish: [fi]
- French: [fr] , [fr] , [to seducing] [fr]
- German: [de] , [de]
- Russian: [ru]
- Swedish: [sv]
[trans-bottom]
[to represent as being true]
- Bulgarian: [bg]
- Finnish: [fi] ; [fi]
- French: [fr] , [fr]
- Greek: [el] , [el]
- Russian: [ru] , [ru]
- Scottish Gaelic: [gd]
- Spanish: [es] , [es]
- Swedish: [sv] , [sv]
[trans-bottom]
[to embrace and kiss passionately]
- Azerbaijani: [az]
- Chinese:
- Czech: [cs]
- Danish: [da]
- Finnish: [fi] , [fi]
- French: [fr] [passionnément] , [fr]
- German: [de] , [de]
- Greek: [el]
- Hebrew: [he]
- Japanese: [ja]
- Norwegian:
- Portuguese: [pt]
- Russian: [ru]
- Spanish: [es] , [es] , [es] , [es] , [es] , [es] , [es] [Peru] , [es]
- Swedish: [sv] , [sv]
[trans-bottom]
[to engage in heavy petting or sexual intercourse]
- Czech: [cs]
- Finnish: [fi] , [fi]
- Portuguese: [pt] , [pt]
- Russian: [ru] , [ru] , [ru]
- Spanish: [es]
[trans-bottom]
[checktrans-top]
- Chinese:
- Dutch: [nl] , [nl]
- Esperanto: [eo]
- Greek: [slang] [el]
- Italian: [it] , [it]
- Norwegian: [no]
- Portuguese: [pt]
- Romanian: [ro]
- Swedish: [sv] [to kiss passionately]
- Vietnamese: [vi]
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[en]