-off
-off suffix: a competition [of the activity denoted by the word it combines with], especially a final, tiebreaker, or repechage within a broader tournament. Also the alternative spelling of -ov.
Suffix
-off (noun-forming suffix, plural -offs)
- A competition [of the activity denoted by the word it combines with], especially a final, tiebreaker, or repechage within a broader tournament.
- We must imagine this as a set of instructions: go forth and buy tickets, so we can keep making our bonkers explosion-offs for you in the future. When asked if he had enjoyed the film, he said: “I loved it” – twice. He wore a mask.2020 August 29, Rebecca Nicholson, “Tom Cruise: another groundbreaking role for cinema's cheerleader”, in The Guardian, archived from the original on 22 Apr 2021
- Gary, trying: “Let’s just have a black-off, let’s just do that now / Let’s just have a black-off, Yvette lemme show you how…”2021, “Whose Watchdown is it Anyway: S12E04, or Stop Squeezing the Guest”, in (Please provide the book title or journal name)
Also used as
-off is also the alternative spelling of -ov.
Forms of -off
| plural | -offs |
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Origin of -off
Back-formation from playoff, a deverbal, as the archetype.
See -ov.
Questions about -off
- What does -off mean?
- -off means a competition [of the activity denoted by the word it combines with], especially a final, tiebreaker, or repechage within a broader tournament.
- What part of speech is -off?
- -off is a suffix.
Words near -off in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: -off (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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