verb
Etymology: Middle English putten out, from putten to put + out
transitive verb
1. : exert , use
put out all his strength to move the piano
2. : extinguish
put out the light
put the fire out
3.
a. : publish , issue
puts out the only newspaper in town
puts a new catalog out every year
b. : produce , provide
puts out an excellent line of inexpensive coats
putting out a table d'hôte tourist menu that will run cheaper than à la carte dinners — Henry Giniger
4. : invest
couldn't put it out at profit, now — Joseph Hergesheimer
5.
a. : to upset the composure of : disconcert , embarrass
is never put out by unexpected problems
such is outback hospitality that they were not in the least put out by our arrival — George Farwell
b. : to put into a bad temper : annoy , irritate
nothing puts him out so much as a chattering bridge partner
c. : to create difficulties for : inconvenience
don't put yourself out for us
will it put you out to take me to the station?
6. : to cause to be out (as in baseball or cricket) : retire
intransitive verb
1. : to set out from shore
a boat puts out with fishermen every morning
2. slang : to exert onself : make an effort
the only GI who deserves criticizing is the one who isn't putting out — Infantry Journal
3. slang , of a female : to indulge in promiscuous sexual intercourse