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
Five hours later, Honeycutt doffs his baseball hat to the audience.
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James Parker, The Atlantic, 16 Dec. 2025
Polite to a fault, Franke became famous on the circuit for doffing his cap at meet-and-greets with fans and at other public appearances.
—Corky Siemaszko, NBC news, 27 Oct. 2025
Then There Was the One, by Martha Waters This winking, witty, cozy mystery doffs its deerstalker to grandes dames Agatha Christie and Dorothy Sayers, while dishing out cleverness of its own.
—Monitor Contributors, Christian Science Monitor, 23 Oct. 2025
Kershaw doffed his cap, crossed his arms as if to give the entire crowd a hug, embraced his teammates one by one, popped back out of the dugout and tapped his heart, and waved to his wife Ellen and family in the second deck.
—Jim Alexander, Oc Register, 20 Sep. 2025
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James Parker, The Atlantic, 16 Dec. 2025
Polite to a fault, Franke became famous on the circuit for doffing his cap at meet-and-greets with fans and at other public appearances.
—Corky Siemaszko, NBC news, 27 Oct. 2025
Then There Was the One, by Martha Waters This winking, witty, cozy mystery doffs its deerstalker to grandes dames Agatha Christie and Dorothy Sayers, while dishing out cleverness of its own.
—Monitor Contributors, Christian Science Monitor, 23 Oct. 2025
Kershaw doffed his cap, crossed his arms as if to give the entire crowd a hug, embraced his teammates one by one, popped back out of the dugout and tapped his heart, and waved to his wife Ellen and family in the second deck.
—Jim Alexander, Oc Register, 20 Sep. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for doff
remove
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Propellers can be particularly burdensome because rotors often need to be removed, cleaned and reinstalled, requiring some real elbow grease.—
David Goldman,
CNN Money,
23 June 2026
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The pool is being cleaned twice annually, with 10 to 15 large truckloads of debris removed at each cleaning, the National Park Service reports.—
Dinah Voyles Pulver,
USA Today,
23 June 2026
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“Doff.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/doff. Accessed 25 Jun. 2026.
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