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doff | hoff |

As a verb doff

is to remove or take off, especially of clothing.

As a proper noun Hoff is

a common nickname for David Hasselhoff.

As a preposition hoff is

eye dialect of lang=en.

doff

English

Verb

(en verb)
  • (clothing) to remove or take off, especially of clothing
  • * Shakespeare
    • And made us doff our easy robes of peace.
  • * Emerson
    • At night, or in the rain, / He dons a surcoat which he doffs at morn.
  • * {{quote-book
    • , year=1960 , author= , title=(Jeeves in the Offing) , section=chapter VII , passage=She had doffed the shirt and Bermuda-shorts which she had been wearing and was now dressed for her journey home.}}
  • 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.
  • *1778 , Charles Dibdin, The Perfect Sailor :
  • *:Thus Death, who kings and tars despatches,
    • In vain Tom's life has doffed ,
  • *:For, though his body's under hatches
    • His soul has gone aloft.
  • (reflexive) To strip; to divest; to undress.
  • * Crashaw
    • Heaven's King, who doffs himself our flesh to wear.

    Antonyms

    * (remove or take off clothing)

    Derived terms

    *

    Synonyms

    * (remove clothing) (l)

    hoff

    English

    Proper noun

    (en proper noun)
  • A common nickname for .

    • Usage notes

    * Generally styled as "the Hoff".

    Quotations

    * "'America's Got Talent' recap: 'Hoff the charts!'" ( Entertainment Weekly) * "Actor David Hasselhoff, the "America's Got Talent" judge known for his playfully Hoff -ful puns, has listed his longtime family home in Encino at $4,195,000." ( The Los Angeles Times) * "Hoff the Wall" ( The Sun) * "America's Got Talent: Five Finalists and a Singing Hoff in the House" ( E! Online) * "Hoff praises Holly's topless show" ( The Press Association) ----