Definitions for offing

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offing off·ing

Spelling: [aw-fing, of-ing]

IPA: /ˈɔ fɪŋ, ˈɒf ɪŋ/

Offing is a 6 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 13 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 15 points.

You can make 54 anagrams from letters in offing (ffgino).

Definitions for offing

noun

1. the more distant part of the sea seen from the shore, beyond the anchoring ground.
2. a position at a distance from shore.
3. the state or fact of being off.
4. Cricket. the off side.

Idioms

1. in the offing, at a distance but within sight. in the projected future; likely to happen:
2. get it off. get1 (def 54).
3. off and on, Also, on and off. with intervals between; intermittently: Nautical. on alternate tacks.
4. off of, Informal. off:
5. off with, take away; remove: cut off:

adverb

1. so as to be no longer supported or attached:
2. so as to be no longer covering or enclosing:
3. away from a place:
4. away from a path, course, etc.; aside:
5. so as to be away or on one's way:
6. away from what is considered normal, regular, standard, or the like:
7. from a charge or price:
8. at a distance in space or future time:
9. out of operation or effective existence:
10. into operation or action:
11. so as to interrupt continuity or cause discontinuance:
12. in absence from work, service, a job, etc.:
13. completely; utterly:
14. with prompt or ready performance:
15. to fulfillment, or into execution or effect:
16. into nonexistence or nothingness:
17. so as to be delineated, divided, or apportioned:
18. away from a state of consciousness:
19. Nautical. away from the land, a ship, the wind, etc.

adjective

1. in error; wrong:
2. slightly abnormal or not quite sane:
3. not up to standard; not so good or satisfactory as usual; inferior or subnormal:
4. no longer in effect, in operation, or in process:
5. stopped from flowing, as by the closing of a valve:
6. in a specified state, circumstance, etc.:
7. (of time) free from work or duty; nonworking:
8. not working at one's usual occupation:
9. of less than the ordinary activity, liveliness, or lively interest; slack:
10. unlikely; remote; doubtful:
11. more distant; farther:
12. (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):
13. starting on one's way; leaving:
14. lower in price or value; down:
15. Nautical. noting one of two like things that is the farther from the shore; seaward:
16. Cricket. noting or pertaining to that side of the wicket or of the field opposite that on which the batsman stands.

preposition

1. so as no longer to be supported by, attached to, on, resting on, or unified with:
2. deviating from:
3. below or less than the usual or expected level or standard:
4. away, disengaged, or resting from:
5. Informal. refraining or abstaining from; denying oneself the pleasure, company, practice, etc., of:
6. away from; apart or distant from:
7. leading into or away from:
8. not fixed on or directed toward, as the gaze, eyes, etc.:
9. Informal. from (a specified source):
10. from or of, indicating material or component parts:
11. from or by such means or use of:
12. Nautical. at some distance to seaward of:

Verb phrases

1. get off on. get1 (def 57).

verb (used with object)

1. Slang. to kill; slay.

verb (used without object)

1. to go off or away; leave (used imperatively):

Origin of offing

First recorded in 1620-30; off + -ing¹

Examples for offing

In that groaner, Burt is convinced he is going to die soon and sets about offing himself.

We set there and thought and thought, and by and by I commenced to sight an idee in the offing.

From the top of our tower we saw the Fleet far out in the offing.

We got into the offing, and squared away for the river again.

There is an untold number of other Zimmermans out there, waiting to protect the white race by offing a Young Black Male.

Now let us see if we can train this saker to command the offing.

Czerny's yacht lay, the picture of a ship, eastward in the offing.

Julian Fellowes can save his show by offing the target of his sadism.

So Israelis and Americans hearing seductive sonatas on this visit need brace themselves for the inevitable deeds in the offing.

If their corner does not have the lights to see what is in the offing, then the boxer has to have the mettle to say “enough.”