Doffing

noun, verb

noun, verb ·2 syllables ·Rare ·Advanced level

Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    The act by which an item of clothing is doffed.

    "Hat-tippings and cap-doffings are of course of a different nature to more elaborate verbal greetings. In etiquette manuals they may be described as incentives to a conversation, but in practice they seem to have been quite ceremonial."

Verb
  1. 1
    present participle and gerund of doff form-of, gerund, participle, present

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"Tom felt daft wearing a hat and doffing it to the people he met, but to his father and grandfather, such behaviour was second nature."

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