Doff Definition

dôf, dŏf
doffed, doffing, doffs
verb
To take off (clothes, etc.)
Webster's New World
To remove or lift (one's hat), as in greeting.
Webster's New World
To put aside or discard.
Webster's New World

To get rid of, to throw off.

Doff that stupid idea: it would never work.
Wiktionary

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

Wiktionary

Origin of Doff

  • Middle English doffen from don off to do off don to do do1 off off off

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

  • From Middle English doffe, dof, equivalent to a blend of do and off. Compare don, dup, dout, gauf.

    From Wiktionary

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