English Explanatory Dictionary

-off

English dictionary entry

Meanings

suffix
  1. A competition [of the activity denoted by the word it combines with], especially a final, tiebreaker, or repechage within a broader tournament.
suffix
  1. Alternative spelling of -ov.

Word forms

-off -offs

Etymology

Back-formation from playoff, a deverbal, as the archetype.

Related words

-out
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