Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- transitive verb To take off; remove.
- transitive verb To tip or remove (one's hat) in salutation.
- transitive verb To put aside; discard.
from The Century Dictionary.
- To put or take off, as dress, or any article of dress, especially the hat or cap.
- To strip; uncover; lay bare.
- To put or drive off; thrust aside or away.
- To throw, as something taken off or rejected; put or thrust so as to be out of the way.
- In textile manufacturing: To strip off, as cotton or wool for spinning from the cards or carding-cylinder, etc. (see
doffer ); also, to remove or take away, as full bobbins, to make way for empty ones. - To mend or piece together, as broken threads.
- To remove the hat from the head in salutation.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- transitive verb To put off, as dress; to divest one's self of; hence, figuratively, to put or thrust away; to rid one's self of.
- transitive verb To strip; to divest; to undress.
- intransitive verb To put off dress; to take off the hat.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- verb clothing to
remove ortake off , especially ofclothing - verb to
remove ortip ahat , as ingreeting ,salutation or as a mark ofrespect - verb to
get rid of , tothrow off
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- verb remove
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
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Examples
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_Do on_, put on; often shortened into "don"; cf. doff, which is shortened from do off.
The Story of Sigurd the Volsung William Morris 1865
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"doff" it is. actually, why don't i just add that to the "don" entry, since it's essentially the same thing?
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Based on blog and comment reactions I've seen, some readers find that element really shocking, and at that point either doff their hat in my direction for how I handled it, or get really angry, either at the story or directly at me.
An Interview with Mike Allen marshallpayne1 2009
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(Neil Gaiman reports on his blog that he is going to buy a cap just so he can doff it to Pratchett.) 2 comments | Leave a comment
Sir Pratchett of Discworld arhyalon 2009
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So I'd like to doff my hat and say, "Gracias a todos!"
Moderators 2010
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So I'd like to doff my hat and say, "Gracias a todos!"
Moderators 2010
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So park your Fiat 500 in the driveway of your Mid-Century modern rancher, doff your bouclé suit and prim pumps, and settle back in your Eames sofa with a chilled martini.
Fashion's Top 10 Moments Christina Binkley 2011
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At least she could send the cops on my trail to be baffled over my corpse, doff their hats, and forget it ever happened.
Egg Hunt Thomas Pluck 2011
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So park your Fiat 500 in the driveway of your Mid-Century modern rancher, doff your bouclé suit and prim pumps, and settle back in your Eames couch: In one sense, 'Mad Men' is always on these days.
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So I'd like to doff my hat and say, "Gracias a todos!"
Moderators 2010
stpeter commented on the word doff
A contraction of "do off". Contrast with don.
January 5, 2007
bilby commented on the word doff
"Doffe of thy clothes, And knele in thy kyrtylle."
- Sir Thomas Mallory, 'Le Morte Darthur', circa 1470.
(phrases.org.uk notes kyrtylle as a tunic or petticoat)
December 30, 2010
100000232338334 commented on the word doff
"Sam retired behind the hedge in front of his trailer to doff his clothes."-Dead as a Doornail, by Charlaine Harris
May 19, 2011
kingparton commented on the word doff
I had but to drink the cup, to doff at once the body of the noted professor, and to assume, like a thick cloak, that of Edward Hyde.
Robert Louis Stevenson, The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde
July 28, 2011