transitive verb
1. : to serve (food) from a dish : distribute in portions at table
she dished out the chowder
2.
a. : give , provide , release
dishing out important news releases
those doctors who dish out opiates at the slightest provocation
b. slang : to present in glib, effusive, or exuberant outpourings
that salesman could really dish it out
you could dish out a memorized spiel — W.L.Gresham