• (RP) IPA: /dɒf/
• (GA) IPA: /dɔf/
• (America, cot-caught) IPA: /dɑf/

doff (doffs, present participle doffing; past and past participle doffed)

1. (clothing) To remove or take off, especially of clothing.

   Synonyms: take off

   Antonyms: don

   • c. 1597, William Shakespeare, “The First Part of Henry the Fourth, […]”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies: Published According to the True Originall Copies (First Folio), London: Printed by Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, OCLC 606515358 ↗, [Act V, scene i]:

     And made us doff our easy robes of peace.

   • At night, or in the rain, / He dons a surcoat which he doffs at morn.

2. To remove or tip a hat, as in greeting, salutation or as a mark of respect.

   The rustics doffed their hats at the clergy.

3. To get rid of, to throw off.

   Doff that stupid idea: it would never work.

4. (reflexive) To strip; to divest; to undress.

   • Heaven's King, who doffs himself our flesh to wear.

• Russian: снима́ть

• Russian: снима́ть

• Russian: выбра́сывать