liftoff
English
noun
Definitions
- (aerospace) The point in the launch of a rocket or an aircraft where it leaves contact with the ground.
- The point at which a person or animal leaves the ground, as for example when jumping.
Etymology
Affix from English lift + English off (first element of noun).
Origin
English
off
Gloss
first element of noun
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- airlift English
- auto-off English
- backlift English
- backoff English
- blastoff English
- boatlift English
- boiloff English
- break off English
- breakoff English
- browlift English
- bumpoff English
- burnoff English
- buttlift English
- castoff English
- chairlift English
- cutoff English
- deadlift English
- draglift English
- eyelift English
- face-off English
- facelift English
- faceoff English
- forelift English
- forklift English
- hairlift English
- haylift English
- holdoff English
- jumpoff English
- kill off English
- knockoff English
- lift English
- liftable English
- liftback English
- liftboy English
- lifted English
- lifter English
- liftest English
- lifteth English
- liftgate English
- liftless English
- liftline English
- liftman English
- liftover English
- liftup English
- lookoff English
- manlift English
- noselift English
- off English
- offboard English
- offglide English
- offing English
- offish English
- offlist English
- offprint English
- offput English
- offramp English
- offscreen English
- offski English
- offspringing English
- offstage English
- offsuit English
- offy English
- one-off English
- outlift English
- pay-off English
- pickoff English
- print-off English
- printoff English
- relift English
- runoff English
- sealift English
- sendoff English
- shove off English
- showoff English
- signoff English
- skylift English
- stairlift English
- trooplift English
- turbolift English
- turnoff English
- uplift English
- waveoff English
- liftata Finnish
- Lift German
- lift Hungarian
- lift Italian
- lift Dutch, Flemish
- liften Dutch, Flemish
- лифт Russian
- off Spanish, Castilian
- babylift Swedish
- リフト Japanese
- liften Middle English
- of Middle English
- lift Danish
- lift Serbo-Croatian
- ลิฟต์ Thai
- lift Indonesian
- lifft Welsh
- lift Estonian
- 𨋢 Chinese
- lift Slovak
- lifti Swahili
- lif Hausa
- off
- lift
- offy
- offput
- offski
- offing
- lifted
- liftup
- relift
- offish
- uplift
- lifter
- runoff
- cutoff
- liftest
- backoff
- burnoff
- sealift
- lifteth
- liftboy
- showoff
- skylift
- castoff
- sendoff
- outlift
- offsuit
- bumpoff
- airlift
- waveoff
- signoff
- manlift
- eyelift
- faceoff
- one-off
- boiloff
- offlist
- pay-off
- turnoff
- lookoff
- offramp
- jumpoff
- liftman
- holdoff
- pickoff
- haylift
- blastoff
- browlift
- draglift
- liftless
- liftback
- breakoff
- liftover
- offboard
- kill off
- noselift
- offprint
- liftgate
- forelift
- offstage
- offglide
- liftline
- buttlift
- liftable
- forklift
- knockoff
- boatlift
- auto-off
- face-off
- printoff
- deadlift
- facelift
- hairlift
- backlift
- shove off
- print-off
- turbolift
- stairlift
- trooplift
- offscreen
- break off
- chairlift
- offspringing