My first diary here

[teechar]

It means to yield "If something gives, it stretches, bends, or breaks, or becomes less firm or tight, under pressure", from the Cambridge Dictionary.

This might make sense in your context, if you mean that your hair refuses to yield to being styled/straightened.

Note also that "give" in that sense can be a noun too.

 

[lei]

It means to yield "If something gives, it stretches, bends, or breaks, or becomes less firm or tight, under pressure", from the Cambridge Dictionary.

This might make sense in your context, if you mean that your hair refuses to yield to being styled/straightened.

Note also that "give" in that sense can be a noun too.

Oh okay. We use it here in our country as a slang.

 

[Tarheel]

I checked the Urban Dictionary.

"It's not giving refers to when something is not living up to its expectations.

"Hey sis! I just got my hair done. What do you think?"
"It's not giving what it was supposed to give."
(The Urban Dictionary)

 

[Tarheel]

Oh okay. We use it here in our country as a slang EXPRESSION.

See post 23.

 

[teechar]

I checked the Urban Dictionary.

"It's not giving refers to when something is not living up to its expectations.

"Hey sis! I just got my hair done. What do you think?"
"It's not giving what it was supposed to give."
(The Urban Dictionary)

I've never come across that, but note that this use is transitive whereas the standard one meaning yield is not.

 

[Tarheel]

Since it's entirely new to me, I wouldn't say there's a standard one.

 

[teechar]

Since it's entirely new to me,

I'm surprised! Does give meaning yield/bend (as I mentioned in post # 21) not exist in American English?

 

[Tarheel]

Yes, you could use it in the right situation. (Ron backtracking a little. ) It certainly wouldn't have anything to do with hair.