gift-wrap

Or gift·wrap

[gift-rap]

verb (used with object)

gift-wrapped, gift-wrapt, gift-wrapping. 

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

noun

1. giftwrapping.

Other Word Forms

• gift-wrapper noun

Word History and Origins

Origin of gift-wrap¹

First recorded in 1935–40

Example Sentences

Instead the Black Ferns' opening score was gift-wrapped as Setefano charged down a clearing kick to score.

From BBC

Leicester almost gift-wrap a goal for Bristol City.

From BBC

Barbara Shapiro opened a gift-wrapped box and pulled out three sausages labeled Measures A, B and C, along with a piece of paper.

From Los Angeles Times

This latest hundred, on the same ground where he made his first almost 14 years ago, was not gift-wrapped as a present, birthday or not.

From BBC

And it wasn’t what you’d expect from your ace, on any night, but especially when he’s gift-wrapped a generous lead early.

From Seattle Times