show out meaning: definition, quotations

show out

verbalso spelled show-out

Sometimes To escort someone out of an event or place.

Colloquial, Informal, Slang To display or present oneself; represent.

And on the other hand, without a gun, they can't get none / But don't let it be a black and a white one / 'Cause they'll slam ya down to the street top / Black police showing out for the white cop1989 January 25, Ice Cube, MC Ren, The D.O.C., “Fuck tha Police” (track 2), in Straight Outta Compton, performed by N.W.A:
Lord you showed up and showed out.2010, Deborah Wofford, Pour Me out a Blessing Ministries, page 143:

noun

A surreptitious signal made by an informer to the police contact, indicating that it is safe to approach.

On entering the venue, the detective had to avoid approaching or acknowledging whoever he was meeting. First, the detective had to wait for the 'show out'. This consisted of a brief nod, signalling that there was nobody around who might blow the informer's cover.2007, Paul Willetts, North Soho 999: A True Story of Gun-crime in 1940s London, page 101: