doff
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English[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Middle English doffe, dof, equivalent to a blend of do and off. Compare don, dup, dout, gauf.
Pronunciation[edit]
- Rhymes: -ɒf
Verb[edit]
doff (third-person singular simple present doffs, present participle doffing, simple past and past participle doffed)
- (clothing) to remove or take off, especially of clothing
- Shakespeare
- And made us doff our easy robes of peace.
- Emerson
- At night, or in the rain, / He dons a surcoat which he doffs at morn.
- 1960, P. G. Wodehouse, Jeeves in the Offing, chapter VII:
- She had doffed the shirt and Bermuda-shorts which she had been wearing and was now dressed for her journey home.
- Shakespeare
- to remove or tip a hat, as in greeting, salutation or as a mark of respect
- The rustics doffed their hats at the clergy.
- to get rid of, to throw off
- Doff that stupid idea: it would never work.
- (reflexive) To strip; to divest; to undress.
- Crashaw
- Heaven's King, who doffs himself our flesh to wear.
- Crashaw
Antonyms[edit]
- (remove or take off clothing): don
Derived terms[edit]
Synonyms[edit]
- (remove clothing): take off
Translations[edit]
to remove or take off, especially of clothing
to remove or tip a hat, as in greeting, salutation or as a mark of respect
to get rid of, to throw off
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