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  3  definitions  found 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Take-off  \Take"-off`\,  n. 
  The  spot  at  which  one  takes  off  specif.,  the  place  from 
  which  a  jumper  rises  in  leaping. 
 
  The  take-off  should  be  selected  with  great  care  and  a 
  pit  of  large  dimensions  provided  on  the  landing  side 
  --Encyc.  of 
  Sport. 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Take-off  \Take"-off`\,  n. 
  An  imitation,  especially  in  the  way  of  caricature. 
 
  From  WordNet  r  1.6  [wn]: 
 
  takeoff 
  n  1:  a  departure;  especially  of  airplanes 
  2:  the  initial  ascent  of  an  airplane  as  it  becomes  airborne 
  3:  a  composition  that  imitates  somebody's  style  in  a  humorous 
  way  [syn:  {parody},  {lampoon},  {spoof},  {sendup},  {mockery}, 
  {burlesque},  {travesty},  {charade},  {pasquinade}] 
  4:  humorous  or  satirical  mimicry  [syn:  {parody},  {mockery}]




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