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{{11}}off (adv.) by c.1200 as an emphatic form of O.E. of (see OF (Cf. of)), employed in the adverbial use of that word. The prepositional meaning "away from" and the adjectival sense of "farther" were not firmly fixed in this variant until 17c., but once they were they left the original of with the transferred and weakened senses of the word. Meaning "not working" is from 1861. Off the cuff (1938) is from the notion of speaking from notes written in haste on one's shirt cuffs. Off the rack (adj.) is from 1963; off the record is from 1933; off the wall "crazy" is 1968, probably from the notion of a lunatic "bouncing off the walls" or else in reference to carom shots in squash, handball, etc.
{{12}}off (v.) "to kill," 1930, from OFF (Cf. off) (adv.). Earlier verbal senses were "to defer" (1640s), "to move off" (1882). Related: Offed.

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  • off — off …   Dictionnaire des rimes

  • off — [ ɔf ] adj. inv. et adv. • 1944; de l angl. off screen « hors de l écran » ♦ Anglic. 1 ♦ Adj. Cin., télév. Qui n est pas sur l écran, n est pas lié à l image; hors champ (opposé à in). Le narrateur est off. Une voix off commente la scène. Adv. En …   Encyclopédie Universelle

  • Off — ([o^]f; 115), adv. [OE. of, orig. the same word as R. of, prep., AS. of, adv. & prep. [root]194. See {Of}.] In a general sense, denoting from or away from; as: [1913 Webster] 1. Denoting distance or separation; as, the house is a mile off. [1913… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • off — off1 [ôf, äf] adv. [LME var. of of,OF1, later generalized for all occurrences of of in stressed positions] 1. so as to be or keep away, at a distance, to a side, etc. [to move off, to ward off] 2. so as to be measured, divided, etc. [to pace off …   English World dictionary

  • off — off; cast·off; off·en; off·ing; off·ish; off·let; off·scape; off·sid·er; off·spring; off·ward; stand·off·ish; off·hand·ed·ly; off·hand·ed·ness; off·ish·ly; off·ish·ness; off·wards; stand·off·ish·ly; stand·off·ish·ness; …   English syllables

  • off — (izg. ȍf) prid. DEFINICIJA term. 1. koji nije aktiviran, izvan službe; isključen 2. koji je drugačiji od uobičajenog, normalnog, standardnog; osebujan 3. koji je izvan službenog dijela programa, rasprave, razgovora SINTAGMA offbeat (izg. offbȋt)… …   Hrvatski jezični portal

  • Off! — Жанр Хардкор панк Годы с 2009 Страна …   Википедия

  • Off — Off, prep. Not on; away from; as, to be off one s legs or off the bed; two miles off the shore. Addison. [1913 Webster] {Off hand}. See {Offhand}. {Off side} (Football), out of play; said when a player has got in front of the ball in a scrimmage …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • Off — Off, a. 1. On the farther side; most distant; on the side of an animal or a team farthest from the driver when he is on foot; in the United States, the right side; as, the off horse or ox in a team, in distinction from the {nigh} or {near} horse… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • Off — steht für: Off Broadway oder Off Theater, Begriffe aus dem Theaterbereich Off camera, Erzählstimmen, Geräusche und Musik in einer visuellen Produktion, die zu hören, aber nicht zu sehen sind (aus dem Off) Die Abkürzung Off steht für: Offenbarung… …   Deutsch Wikipedia

  • off — s.m.inv., agg.inv. ES ingl. {{wmetafile0}} 1. s.m.inv., agg.inv., in diciture su interruttori, apparecchiature spec. elettriche e sim., indica che non è attivato, che non è in funzione: l interruttore è sull off, posizione off, l amplificatore è… …   Dizionario italiano

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