ALL meanings of offing
off·ing
O o - noun offing the state or fact of being off. 1
- noun offing Cricket. the off side. 1
- idioms offing get it off. get1 (def 54). 1
- idioms offing off and on, Also, on and off. with intervals between; intermittently: to work off and on. Nautical. on alternate tacks. 1
- idioms offing off of, Informal. off: Take your feet off of the table! 1
- idioms offing off with, take away; remove: Off with those muddy boots before you step into this kitchen! cut off: Off with his head! 1
- adverb offing so as to be no longer supported or attached: This button is about to come off. 1
- adverb offing so as to be no longer covering or enclosing: to take a hat off; to take the wrapping off. 1
- adverb offing away from a place: to run off; to look off toward the west. 1
- adverb offing away from a path, course, etc.; aside: This road branches off to Grove City. 1
- adverb offing so as to be away or on one's way: to start off early; to cast off. 1
- adverb offing away from what is considered normal, regular, standard, or the like: to go off on a tangent. 1
- adverb offing from a charge or price: He took 10 percent off for all cash purchases. 1
- adverb offing at a distance in space or future time: to back off a few feet; Summer is only a week off. 1
- adverb offing out of operation or effective existence: Turn the lights off. 1
- adverb offing into operation or action: The alarm goes off at noon. 1
- adverb offing so as to interrupt continuity or cause discontinuance: Negotiations have been broken off. 1
- adverb offing in absence from work, service, a job, etc.: two days off at Christmas. 1
- adverb offing completely; utterly: to kill off all the inhabitants. 1
- adverb offing with prompt or ready performance: to dash a letter off. 1
- adverb offing to fulfillment, or into execution or effect: The contest came off on the appointed day. 1
- adverb offing into nonexistence or nothingness: My headache passed off soon. 1
- adverb offing so as to be delineated, divided, or apportioned: Mark it off into equal parts. 1
- adverb offing away from a state of consciousness: I must have dozed off. 1
- adverb offing Nautical. away from the land, a ship, the wind, etc. 1
- preposition offing so as no longer to be supported by, attached to, on, resting on, or unified with: Take your feet off the table! Break a piece of bread off the loaf. 1
- preposition offing deviating from: off balance; off course. 1
- preposition offing below or less than the usual or expected level or standard: 20 percent off the marked price; I was off my golf game. 1
- preposition offing away, disengaged, or resting from: to be off duty on Tuesdays. 1
- preposition offing Informal. refraining or abstaining from; denying oneself the pleasure, company, practice, etc., of: He's off gambling. 1
- preposition offing away from; apart or distant from: a village off the main road. 1
- preposition offing leading into or away from: an alley off 12th Street. 1
- preposition offing not fixed on or directed toward, as the gaze, eyes, etc.: Their eyes weren't off the king for a moment. 1
- preposition offing Informal. from (a specified source): I bought it off a street vendor. 1
- preposition offing from or of, indicating material or component parts: to lunch off cheese and fruit. 1
- preposition offing from or by such means or use of: living off an inheritance; living off his parents. 1
- preposition offing Nautical. at some distance to seaward of: off Cape Hatteras. 1
- adjective offing in error; wrong: You are off on that point. 1
- adjective offing slightly abnormal or not quite sane: He is a little off, but he's really harmless. 1
- adjective offing not up to standard; not so good or satisfactory as usual; inferior or subnormal: a good play full of off moments. 1
- adjective offing no longer in effect, in operation, or in process: The agreement is off. 1
- adjective offing stopped from flowing, as by the closing of a valve: The electricity is off. 1
- adjective offing in a specified state, circumstance, etc.: to be badly off for money. 1
- adjective offing (of time) free from work or duty; nonworking: a pastime for one's off hours. 1
- adjective offing not working at one's usual occupation: We're off Wednesdays during the summer. 1
- adjective offing of less than the ordinary activity, liveliness, or lively interest; slack: an off season in the tourist trade. 1
- adjective offing unlikely; remote; doubtful: on the off chance that we'd find her at home. 1
- adjective offing more distant; farther: the off side of a wall. 1
- adjective offing (of a vehicle, single animal, or pair of animals hitched side by side) of, being, or pertaining to the right as seen from the rider's or driver's viewpoint (opposed to near): the off horse; the off side. 1
- adjective offing starting on one's way; leaving: I'm off to Europe on Monday. They're off and running in the third race at Aqueduct. 1