takeoff (redirected from take-offs)

take·off  (tkôf, -f)

n.

1. The act of rising in flight. Used of an aircraft or a rocket.

2. The point or place from which one takes off.

3. Informal An amusing imitative caricature, parody, or burlesque.

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	takeoff - a departure; especially of airplanes departure, going, going away, leaving - the act of departing
	2.	takeoff - the initial ascent of an airplane as it becomes airborne rising, ascension, ascent, rise - a movement upward; "they cheered the rise of the hot-air balloon"
	3.	takeoff - a composition that imitates or misrepresents somebody's style, usually in a humorous way parody, pasquinade, put-on, sendup, spoof, charade, lampoon, mockery, burlesque, travesty caricature, impersonation, imitation - a representation of a person that is exaggerated for comic effect
	4.	takeoff - humorous or satirical mimicry parody, mockery apery, mimicry - the act of mimicking; imitative behavior

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takeoff

noun

1. departure, launch, liftoff The aircraft crashed soon after takeoff.

2. (Informal) parody, imitation, send-up (Brit. informal), mocking, satire, caricature, spoof (informal), travesty, lampoon an inspired takeoff of the two sisters

Translations

takeoff [ˈteɪkɒf] N

1. (Aer, Econ) → despegue m

2. (= imitation) → imitación f, parodia f

3. (Mech) power takeoff → toma f de fuerza

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takeoff take-off [ˈteɪkɒf] n

(AVIATION) [plane] → décollage m

(= imitation) → imitation f
a take-off of sb → une imitation de qn

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takeoff [ˈteɪkˌɒf] n

a. (Aer) → decollo; (Horse-riding) → battuta

b. (fam) (imitation) → imitazione f

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takeoff → إقلاع vzlet start Abflug απογείωση despegue lentokoneen ilmaannousu décollage polijetanje decollo 離陸 이륙 opstijgen takeoff start decolagem, descolagem взлет start จุดเริ่มต้น kalkış sự cất cánh 起飞