takeoff
Meanings
noun
- A launch or ascent into the air or into flight, such as of an aircraft, rocket, bird, high-jumper etc.
- A parody or lampoon of someone or something.
- A quantification, especially of building materials.
- The removal of sheets from the press.
- The spot from which one takes off; specifically, the place from which a jumper rises in leaping.
- The initial movement a surfer makes to start riding a wave.
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Etymology
Deverbal from take off.
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