as in to remove
to rid oneself of (a garment)
the blazing sun soon had the men doffing their jackets
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Recent Examples of doff
Jelly Roll and his wife, Bunnie Xo, could be seen chatting it up with Cody Johnson and his wife, Brandi, and Johnson doffed his cowboy hat to give Bunnie a hug.
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Nancy Kruh, People.com, 22 Nov. 2024
Moreover, the problem of doffing without contamination is an excellent candidate for automation, since robots can perform doffing procedures more consistently than humans.
—Kris Hauser, IEEE Spectrum, 4 May 2020
Exiting the clean room and leaving the telescope behind is a little like exiting an operating room, passing back through successively less sterile chambers, doffing mask and outer garments, and rejoining the world of dirt and dust and grit and grime.
—Jeffrey Kluger/greenbelt, TIME, 8 Feb. 2025
Tang Ren’s histrionic, oftentimes scatological behavior is offset by Qin Feng’s almost superhuman intuition, and director Chen Sicheng has repeatedly doffed his cap to the BBC’s hugely successful series Sherlock, not least in the vivid visualisations of Holmes’ deductive reasoning.
—James Marsh, Deadline, 31 Jan. 2025
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Nancy Kruh, People.com, 22 Nov. 2024
Moreover, the problem of doffing without contamination is an excellent candidate for automation, since robots can perform doffing procedures more consistently than humans.
—Kris Hauser, IEEE Spectrum, 4 May 2020
Exiting the clean room and leaving the telescope behind is a little like exiting an operating room, passing back through successively less sterile chambers, doffing mask and outer garments, and rejoining the world of dirt and dust and grit and grime.
—Jeffrey Kluger/greenbelt, TIME, 8 Feb. 2025
Tang Ren’s histrionic, oftentimes scatological behavior is offset by Qin Feng’s almost superhuman intuition, and director Chen Sicheng has repeatedly doffed his cap to the BBC’s hugely successful series Sherlock, not least in the vivid visualisations of Holmes’ deductive reasoning.
—James Marsh, Deadline, 31 Jan. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for doff
remove
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Walmart has removed self checkout machines in some locations, including in Shrewbury, Missouri and Cleveland.—
Betty Lin-Fisher,
USA Today,
10 May 2025
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Plug aerators remove uniform pieces of soil with hollow tines.—
Kate Puhala,
Better Homes & Gardens,
9 May 2025
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“Doff.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/doff. Accessed 24 May. 2025.
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