make out

== English == === Pronunciation === (Received Pronunciation, General American) IPA(key): /meɪk aʊt/ (General Australian) IPA(key): /meɪk æɔt/, /meɪk æʊt/ (Canada) IPA(key): /meɪk ʌʊt/ (Scotland) IPA(key): /mek ɘʉt/ === Verb === make out (third-person singular simple present makes out, present participle making out, simple past and past participle made out) (transitive) To draw up (a document etc.), to designate (a cheque). [with to ‘a given recipient, payee’] [from 15th c.] (obsolete) To send out. [16th–17th c.] To discern; to manage to see, hear etc. [from 16th c.] (now chiefly US, regional, intransitive) To manage, get along; to do (well, badly etc.). [from 17th c.] (ambitransitive) To represent; to make (something) appear to be true. [from 17th c.] (slang, chiefly US, intransitive) To get along with (someone). To make an (often temporary) home. To embrace and kiss passionately. [from 20th c.] Synonyms: neck; see also Thesaurus:kiss (slang, nonstandard, rare) To engage in heavy petting or sexual intercourse. [from 20th c.] ==== Synonyms ==== (to discern): descry, detect; see also Thesaurus:perceive or Thesaurus:spot (manage, get along): make do (to embrace): hug, squeeze; see also Thesaurus:embrace (to kiss passionately): smooch, neck; see also Thesaurus:kiss (to engage in heavy petting): cop a feel, grope, touch up; see also Thesaurus:fondle (to engage in sexual intercourse): make it, make whoopee; see also Thesaurus:copulate ==== Derived terms ==== (to succeed): make out like a bandit (to kiss, pet, and so on): makeout (noun), maker-outer ==== Translations ====