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putoff

putoff noun: an excuse made to delay or stall.

Noun

putoff (plural putoffs)

  1. An excuse made to delay or stall.
    • I think I would have asked farther, but Alan gave me the put-off. “I am rather wearied,” he said, “and I would like fine to get a sleep.”1886 May 1 – July 31, Robert Louis Stevenson, Kidnapped, being Memoirs of the Adventures of David Balfour in the Year 1751: […], London; Paris: Cassell & Company, published 1886, →OCLC

Forms of putoff

pluralputoffs

Origin of putoff

Deverbal from put off.

Questions about putoff

What does putoff mean?
Putoff means an excuse made to delay or stall.
What part of speech is putoff?
Putoff is a noun.
What is the plural of putoff?
The plural of putoff is putoffs.

Words near putoff in the dictionary

  1. Putney
  2. Putnis
  3. putnisite
  4. Putnoe
  5. puto
  6. putoff
  7. putoffs
  8. putoid
  9. putoids
  10. putois
  11. putonghua

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