Wiktionary:Word of the day/2025/June 4

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Word of the day
for June 4
doff v (chiefly literary and dated except Northern England)
  1. (transitive)
    1. (chiefly clothing) To remove or take off (something worn on the body such as armour or clothing, or something carried).
      1. To remove or tip (a hat or other headwear) in greeting or salutation, or as a mark of respect.
    2. (reflexive, archaic except UK, dialectal) To undress (oneself); to divest, to strip.
    3. (figurative) To cast aside or get rid of (something), to throw off.
    4. (textiles)
      1. To remove (a bobbin or spindle which is full of spun yarn) from a spinning frame for replacement with an empty one.
      2. To remove (small pieces of cotton, etc.) from a carding cylinder.
    5. (obsolete) To put off or turn away (someone) with an excuse, etc.
  2. (intransitive, rare)
    1. (archaic) To remove or tip a hat or other headwear in greeting or salutation, or as a mark of respect.
    2. (obsolete) Followed by with: to remove or take off something worn on the body, or something carried.

doff n

  1. (obsolete, rare) Followed by off: an act of putting off or turning away someone with an excuse, etc.
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