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Definition: Take-off
Takeoff
\Take"off`\, Take-off
\Take"-off`\, n.
1. An imitation, especially in the way of caricature; -- used
with of or on; as, the comedian did a hilarious takeoff on
the president.
[1913 Webster +PJC]
2. The spot at which one takes off; specif., the place from
which a jumper rises in leaping.
[Webster 1913 Suppl.]
The take-off should be selected with great care, and
a pit of large dimensions provided on the landing
side. --Encyc. of
Sport.
[Webster 1913 Suppl.]
3. the beginning of a leap from a surface or a flight into
the air, especially the process or event of an airplane
leaving the ground and beginning its flight; as, the
takeoff of flight CA123 was scheduled for 3:00 PM.
[PJC]