Doffing
noun, verb
noun, verb ·2 syllables ·Rare ·Advanced level
Definitions
Noun
- 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 present participle and gerund of doff form-of, gerund, participle, present
Example
More examples"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."