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takeoff

take·off

takeoff

 
pronunciation:
teIk awf
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Word Combinations (noun)
part of speech: noun
definition 1: the act or process, or an instance, of leaving the ground or other surface, as in preparation for flight.
Our plane's takeoff was delayed.
antonyms:
touchdown
definition 2: (informal) a humorous imitation or burlesque; parody.
similar words:
burlesque
Word Combinations  About this feature
adjective + (n.)takeoff aborted, capable, clever, comfortable, economic, elegant, explosive, fast, high-speed, hilarious, horizontal, immediate, industrial, mechanical, nervous, normal, perfect, postwar, practical, predicted, ready, rejected, scheduled, short, simultaneous, slow, smooth, steep, supersonic, uneventful, vertical  [See all][See only the most frequent]