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takeoff en · NOUN

Pronunciation

• (Southern-England) audio

Etymology

Deverbal from take off.

Meanings

1. (countable, uncountable) A launch or ascent into the air or into flight, such as of an aircraft, rocket, bird, high-jumper etc.
   • The flight was smooth, but the takeoff was a little rough.
   • That high-jumper's takeoff needs some work.
   • The mute swan, being one of the world's heaviest flying birds, can have a laborious takeoff.
2. (countable, uncountable) A parody or lampoon of someone or something.
   • I came across a little pamphlet of the period, yellow and almost undecipherable, which, on examination, I found to be a rather amusing skit or satirical take-off on the profit system. 1897, Edward Bellamy, “ch. 23”, in Equality:
   • Weird Al's song "Lasagna" is a takeoff on the popular song "La Bamba".
   • I had originally titled it, On Claiming An Identity They Taught Me To Despise. I said that having been a Renaissance historian, I was doing a take-off of the Latin tracts—"On This," "On That," "On the Beauty of Women." 1981 February 7, Beth Hodges, Michelle Cliff, “An Interview With Michelle Cliff”, in Gay Community News, volume 8, number 28, page 8:
3. (countable, uncountable) A quantification, especially of building materials.
   • I'll give you an estimate after I do the quantity takeoffs for the trusses and structural steel.
4. (UK, countable, historical, uncountable) The removal of sheets from the press.
5. (countable, uncountable) The spot from which one takes off; specifically, the place from which a jumper rises in leaping.
   • Encyclopaedia of Sport The take-off should be selected with great care, and a pit of large dimensions provided on the landing side.
6. (countable, uncountable) The initial movement a surfer makes to start riding a wave.
   • Steamer Lane, home of the world's latest takeoff. 1966, Bruce Brown, director, The Endless Summer:

Forms

Coordinates

landing

Deriveds

power takeoff · TO · T/O · PTO · TOGA

Hyponyms

rejected takeoff · rolling takeoff

Relateds

take off

Synonyms

liftoff

Translations (60)

gl ludibrio (parody) · fi irvailu (parody) · et paroodia (parody) · da afgang (start of flight) · ca envol (start of flight) · hu felszállás (start of flight) · de Abflug (start of flight) · uk ви́літ (start of flight) · es parodia (parody) · tr kalkış (start of flight) · gl engalaxe (start of flight) · mk полет (start of flight) · el απογείωση (start of flight) · ca enlairament (start of flight) · ru паро́дия (parody) · sl vzlet (start of flight) · ko 이륙 (start of flight) · fi nousu (start of flight) · fr décollage (start of flight) · ru карикату́ра (parody) · ja 離陸 (start of flight) · pl wzlot (start of flight) · fi parodia (parody) · es decolaje (start of flight) · uk зліт (start of flight) · bg карикату́ра (parody) · gl mofa (parody) · is flugtak (start of flight) · ru подража́ние (parody) · pt decolagem (start of flight) · nl opstijgen (start of flight) · bg паро́дия (parody) · es despegue (start of flight) · de Start (start of flight) · bg изли́тане (start of flight) · id lepas landas (start of flight) · cs vzlet (start of flight) · sh úzlet (start of flight) · pl parodia (parody) · it decollo (start of flight) · da start (start of flight) · ko 리륙 (start of flight) · pt descolagem (start of flight) · sh у́злет (start of flight) · ro decolare (start of flight) · pl naśladownictwo (parody) · fi lähtö (start of flight) · ar إِقْلَاع (start of flight) · gl parodia (parody) · et pila (parody) · be вы́лет (start of flight) · be узлёт (start of flight) · ru взлёт (start of flight) · ru вы́лет (start of flight) · cmn 起飛 /起飞 (start of flight) · pl start (start of flight) · tr kalkış (parody) · mk полетување (start of flight) · et nöök (parody) · sk vzlet (start of flight)