doffing

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English

Definitions

verb

(clothing) To remove or take off, especially of clothing.
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.”
To strip; to divest; to undress.

noun

The act by which an item of clothing is doffed.

Related words

Synonyms

take off dust-off undressing offloading disrobement throwoff dress-out disrobing offload undocking offtake throw-off wipedown defrocking shedding unbuttoning

Antonyms

Rhymes

scoffing coughing quaffing troughing ah fung coffing

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