different between doff vs koff

English

Etymology

From Middle English doffen (“take off”), contraction of Old English d?n of. Equivalent to a blend of do +? off. Compare don, dup, dout, gauf.

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /d?f/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /d?f/
• (US, cot–caught merger) IPA^(key): /d?f/
• Rhymes: -?f

Verb

doff (third-person singular simple present doffs, present participle doffing, simple past and past participle doffed)

1. (clothing) To remove or take off (something such as clothing).

   Synonym: take off

   Antonym: don

   • At night, or in the rain, / He dons a surcoat which he doffs at morn.
2. To remove or tip a hat, as in greeting, salutation or as a mark of respect.

3. To get rid of, to throw off.
4. (reflexive) To strip; to divest; to undress.
   • 1646, Richard Crashaw, Steps to the Temple

     Heaven's King, who doffs himself weak flesh to wear.

Derived terms

• doffer
• doff one's hat to

Translations

Yola

Alternative forms

• daff

Etymology

From Middle English doffen.

Verb

doff (simple past doft)

1. to strip

References

• Jacob Poole (1867) , William Barnes, editor, A glossary, with some pieces of verse, of the old dialect of the English colony in the baronies of Forth and Bargy, County of Wexford, Ireland, J. Russell Smith, ?ISBN

English

Etymology

From Dutch kof (“koff”), from Middle Dutch cof (“stable; barn”).

Noun

koff (plural koffs)

1. A two-masted Dutch vessel.

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