gift-wrap

or gift·wrap

[ gift-rap ]

/ ˈgɪftˌræp /

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verb (used with object), gift-wrapped or gift-wrapt, gift-wrap·ping.

to wrap (something), as a package, with decorative paper, ribbon, etc., for presentation as a gift.

noun

giftwrapping.

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Origin of gift-wrap

First recorded in 1935–40

OTHER WORDS FROM gift-wrap

gift-wrapper, noun

Words nearby gift-wrap

gift of gab, gift of tongues, gift tax, gift voucher, giftware, gift-wrap, giftwrapping, Gifu, gig, giga-, gigabit

How to use gift-wrap in a sentence

The kids had a gift for him too, a tee shirt with ‘Baseball Spoken Here’ stenciled across the front.
Mario Cuomo, Always Moving Us Toward the Light|Mike Barnicle|January 4, 2015|DAILY BEAST
Cover with plastic wrap and allow the dates to soften, about 15 minutes.
Make ‘The Chew’s’ Carla Hall’s Sticky Toffee Pudding|Carla Hall|December 28, 2014|DAILY BEAST
While the chicken today might be the least exotic bird one can think of, it was once a gift that wowed kings.
The History of the Chicken: How This Humble Bird Saved Humanity|William O’Connor|December 27, 2014|DAILY BEAST
It can be hard to wrap your head around the problems facing the continent because they might seem ancient to us.
Silicon Valley Sets Its Sights on Africa|Christian Borys|December 22, 2014|DAILY BEAST

A Christmas Carol revived and reinvented it around the gift of giving.
How Dickens and Scrooge Saved Christmas|Clive Irving|December 22, 2014|DAILY BEAST
The living (value £250) is in the gift of trustees, and is now held by the Rev. M. Parker, Vicar.
Showell's Dictionary of Birmingham|Thomas T. Harman and Walter Showell
First of all, wrap a portion of damp newspaper round the roots, and then tie up with dry paper.
How to Know the Ferns|S. Leonard Bastin
At the end of the first year, however, she resigned this privilege because she did not wish to accept the conditions of the gift.
Women in the fine arts, from the Seventh Century B.C. to the Twentieth Century A.D.|Clara Erskine Clement
This gift of rice was especially pleasing to the traveller, as no dish is held in higher honour in Korea.
Our Little Korean Cousin|H. Lee M. Pike
It is certain that I then had a bad cough nearly always; and this I am sure was what decided the form of his parting gift to me.
Fifty Years of Railway Life in England, Scotland and Ireland|Joseph Tatlow

British Dictionary definitions for gift-wrap

giftwrap

/ (ˈɡɪftˌræp) /

verb -wraps, -wrapping or -wrapped

to wrap (an article intended as a gift) attractively

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