as in to remove
to rid oneself of (a garment)
the blazing sun soon had the men doffing their jackets
Synonyms & Similar Words
Relevance
Antonyms & Near Antonyms
Example Sentences
Examples are automatically compiled from online sources to
show current usage.
Read More
Opinions expressed in the examples do not represent those of Merriam-Webster or its editors.
Send us feedback.
Recent Examples of doff
Laurie, the only single lady in the crowd, doffs her top and drunkenly delights the guys with stories about her corporate career and her costly divorce.
—
Noel Murray, New York Times, 17 Mar. 2025
By the end of the set, the band members are plenty sweaty, which Alfaro, Curry, and Graves address by doffing their shirts.
—Josh Crutchmer, Rolling Stone, 18 Apr. 2025
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
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.
—Nancy Kruh, People.com, 22 Nov. 2024
See All Example Sentences for doff
Noel Murray, New York Times, 17 Mar. 2025
By the end of the set, the band members are plenty sweaty, which Alfaro, Curry, and Graves address by doffing their shirts.
—Josh Crutchmer, Rolling Stone, 18 Apr. 2025
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
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.
—Nancy Kruh, People.com, 22 Nov. 2024
See All Example Sentences for doff
Recent Examples of Synonyms for doff
remove
Verb
-
Kennedy has removed the 17 experts on the Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices, replacing them with an anti-vaccine cadre of seven mostly unqualified individuals.—
Judy Stone,
Forbes.com,
13 Aug. 2025
-
In an attempt to simplify its offerings, OpenAI had initially removed all previous AI models from ChatGPT when GPT-5 launched on August 7, forcing users to adopt the new model without warning.—
Benj Edwards,
ArsTechnica,
13 Aug. 2025
Cite this Entry
“Doff.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/doff. Accessed 20 Aug. 2025.
Copy CitationLove words? Need even more definitions?
Merriam-Webster unabridged
Share