dish
noun
an open, relatively shallow container of pottery, glass, metal, wood, etc., used for various purposes, especially for holding or serving food.
was dishing
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past progressiveof dish.past progressive
Used to describe an ongoing action or continuous state that was happening at a specific time in the past.
Example Sentences
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Two nights later, prosecutors say, Jones was dishing about his friend to the gambling underworld.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 28, 2025
She scored 21 points and when she was not scoring she was dishing to open teammates on her way to 10 assists — a handful of them to Griffin, who had 19 points.
From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 23, 2025
One time at a picnic, Loretta Johnson was dishing out pie, pecan, I think it was, and when I said please, she slopped it into the palm of my hand.
From New York Times ● Oct. 5, 2022
He was dishing out the punishment rather than enduring it — breaking tackles and stiff-arming pursuers.
From Seattle Times ● Dec. 12, 2021
I walked over to Raheem, who was dishing out eggs to the line of kids at the table.
From "The Rock and the River" by Kekla Magoon
