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try-offs

try-offs is the plural of try-off.

Meaning of try-off

Noun

try-off (plural try-offs)

  1. A team event.
    • It had nothing to do with their defensive pattern or any strategy it was about backing your instincts, and for Ma'a to finish the try off like that was pretty special.2016, Tony Johnson, Lynn McConnell, Behind the Silver Fern: Playing Rugby for New Zealand
  2. An elimination round between competitors who are tied; especially one that takes a different form than previous steps of the competition.
    • On the try-off Watkins made 168 ft., the longest flight for the day.1910, Aeronautics: The American Magazine of Aerial Locomotion, page 157
  3. (foundry work) A test for clearance, bearings, and metal thickness of a mold.
    • Using corn flour for a tryoff, set the cores in the drag straight and level.1958, Foundry - Volume 86, Issues 7-12, page 50

Questions about try-offs

What is try-offs the plural of?
Try-offs is the plural of try-off.

Words near try-offs in the dictionary

  1. try-hard
  2. try-hards
  3. try-miter square
  4. try-miter squares
  5. try-off
  6. try-offs
  7. try-on
  8. try-ons
  9. try-out
  10. try-outs
  11. try-pot

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