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English

Etymology

noun use of the verb to take off

Noun

  1. The rising or ascent aircraft or rocket into flight.
  2. :The flight was smooth, but the takeoff was a little rough.
  3. A parody or lampoon of someone or something.
  4. :w:Weird Al Yankovic|Weird Al's song "Lasagna" is a takeoff on the popular song "La Bamba".
  5. A quantification, esp. of building materials.
  6. : I'll give you an estimate after I do the quantity takeoffs for the trusses and structural steel.


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hu:takeoff simple:takeoff

GNU Project's publication of CIDE, the Collaborative International Dictionary of English Takeoff \Take"off`\, Take-off \Take"-off`\, n.
1. An imitation, especially in the way of caricature; -- used
with of or on; as, the comedian did a hilarious takeoff on
the president.
[1913 Webster +PJC]

2. The spot at which one takes off; specif., the place from
which a jumper rises in leaping.
[Webster 1913 Suppl.]

The take-off should be selected with great care, and
a pit of large dimensions provided on the landing
side. --Encyc. of
Sport.
[Webster 1913 Suppl.]

3. The beginning of a leap from a surface or a flight into
the air, especially the process or event of an airplane
leaving the ground and beginning its flight; as, the
takeoff of flight CA123 was scheduled for 3:00 PM.
[PJC]
WordNet takeoff
n 1: a departure; especially of airplanes
2: the initial ascent of an airplane as it becomes airborne
3: a composition that imitates somebody's style in a humorous
way [syn: parody, lampoon, spoof, sendup, mockery,
burlesque, travesty, charade, pasquinade, put-on]
4: humorous or satirical mimicry [syn: parody, mockery]
Moby Dictionary
A , alpha , anabasis , ascension , ascent , base , basis , beginning ,
blast-off , boarding , booster rocket , burlesque , caricature ,
catapult , clamber , climb , climbing , commencement , copying ,
counterfeiting , creation , cutting edge , dawn , edge , elevation ,
embarkation , embarkment , emplanement , emulation , enplanement ,
entrainment , escalade , establishment , fakery , farce , flying start ,
following , forgery , foundation , fountain , fresh start , ground loop ,
gush , gyring up , hit-off , hopoff , imitation , impersonation ,
imposture , impression , increase , institution , jet , jump , jump-off ,
kick-off , lampoon , leading edge , leap , levitation ,
line of departure , mimesis , mirroring , mockery , mount , mounting ,
new departure , oncoming , onomatopoeia , onset , opening , origin ,
origination , outbreak , outset , outsetting , outstart , parody ,
pastiche , plagiarism , plagiary , point of departure ,
port of embarkation , repetition , rise , rising , rocketing up ,
rotation , running start , saltation , satire , send-off , setoff ,
setout , setting in motion , setting-up , shooting up , simulation ,
soaring , spout , spring , spurt , square one , squib , start , start-off ,
starting , starting gate , starting place , starting point ,
starting post , surge , take-off , taking off , travesty , upclimb ,
upcoming , updraft , upgang , upgo , upgoing , upgrade , upgrowth ,
uphill , upleap , uplift , upping , uprisal , uprise , uprising , uprush ,
upshoot , upslope , upsurge , upsurgence , upsweep , upswing , vault ,
wicked imitation , zooming


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