shell out

4 definitions found

shell out - WordNet (r) 2.1 (2005) :

  shell out
      v 1: administer or bestow, as in small portions; "administer
           critical remarks to everyone present"; "dole out some
           money"; "shell out pocket money for the children"; "deal a
           blow to someone"; "the machine dispenses soft drinks" [syn:
           distribute, administer, mete out, deal, parcel out
           , lot, dispense, shell out, deal out, dish out
           , allot, dole out]

shell out - Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (26 May 2007) :

  shell out
  
     [Unix] To spawn an interactive subshell from within a program
     (e.g. a mailer or editor).  "Bang foo runs foo in a subshell,
     while bang alone shells out."
  
     [Jargon File]
  
     (1995-05-11)
  

shell out - Jargon File (4.4.4, 14 Aug 2003) :

  shell out
   vi.
  
     [Unix] To spawn an interactive subshell from within a program
  (e.g.,
     a mailer or editor). "Bang foo runs foo in a subshell, while bang
     alone shells out."
  

shell out - Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 :

  68 Moby Thesaurus words for "shell out":
     accord, administer, afford, allot, allow, award, bestow, bestow on,
     budget, communicate, confer, cost, cost out, deal, deal out,
     disburse, dish out, dispense, dole, dole out, donate, expend,
     extend, fork out, gift, gift with, give, give freely, give out,
     go through, grant, hand out, heap, help to, impart, incur costs,
     invest, issue, lavish, lay out, let have, mete, mete out, offer,
     open the purse, outlay, pay, pay out, pour, present, proffer,
     put out, rain, render, run through, schedule, serve, shower,
     sink money in, slip, snow, spend, splurge, squander, tender,
     throw money around, vouchsafe, yield