Definitions for offs

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offs off

Spelling: [awf, of]

IPA: /ɔf, ɒf/

Offs is a 4 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 9 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 9 points.

You can make 13 anagrams from letters in offs (ffos).

Definitions for offs

noun

1. the state or fact of being off.
2. Cricket. the off side.

Idioms

1. get it off. get1 (def 54).
2. off and on, Also, on and off. with intervals between; intermittently: Nautical. on alternate tacks.
3. off of, Informal. off:
4. 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 no longer in effect, in operation, or in process: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 offs

orig. stressed variant of of¹

Examples for offs

off.: Brother —— ——, you have been appointed Chaplain of this Lodge, and will now be invested with the jewel of your office.

off.: Brother —— ——, you have been elected Secretary of this Lodge, and will now be invested with the jewel of your office.

off.: It appears, Sir, that you have not above half your crew on board.

off.: Brothers —— and ——, you are appointed Deacons of this Lodge, and are now invested with the badge of your office.

off.: Brother —— ——, you have been elected Treasurer of this Lodge and will now be invested with the jewel of your office.