takeoff

English

Alternative forms

• take-off

Etymology

noun use of the verb to take off

Noun

Wikipedia takeoff (plural takeoffs)

1. The rising or ascent of an aircraft or rocket into flight.

   The flight was smooth, but the takeoff was a little rough.

2. A parody or lampoon of someone or something.

   Weird Al's song "Lasagna" is a takeoff on the popular song "La Bamba".

   • 1897, Edward Bellamy, Equality, ch. 23

     I came across a little pamphlet of the period, yellow and almost undecipherable, which, on examination, I found to be a rather amusing skit or satirical take-off on the profit system.

3. A quantification, especially of building materials.

   I'll give you an estimate after I do the quantity takeoffs for the trusses and structural steel.

Translations

start of flight

• Arabic: إقلاع (ar) (ʾiqlāʿ) m
• Finnish: lähtö (fi), nousu (fi)
• French: décollage (fr) m
• Greek: απογείωση (el) (apogeíosi) f
• Icelandic: flugtak (is) n

• Italian: decollo (it) m
• Macedonian: полет (mk) (pólet) m
• Portuguese: decolagem (pt) f
• Russian: вылет (ru) (výlet) m, взлёт (ru) (vzljot) m (liftoff)
• Spanish: despegue (es) m

parody

• Finnish: irvailu (fi), parodia (fi)
• Russian: пародия (ru) (paródija) f, подражание (ru) (podražánije) n

• Spanish: parodia (es) f

See also

• take off

Anagrams

• offtake