takeoff

About 0.95 uses per million words.

Meaning

1. noun A launch or ascent into the air or into flight, such as of an aircraft, rocket, bird, high-jumper etc.

   The flight was smooth, but the takeoff was a little rough.

2. noun The spot from which one takes off; in particular, the place from which a jumper rises in leaping.
3. noun The initial movement a surfer makes to start riding a wave.
4. noun A parody or lampoon of someone or something.

   Weird Al's song "Lasagna" is a takeoff on the popular song "La Bamba".

5. noun A quantification, especially of building materials.

   I'll give you an estimate after I do the quantity takeoffs for the trusses and structural steel.

6. noun The removal of sheets from the press.

Similar words

charade burlesque spoof parody mockery sendup travesty lampoon pasquinade liftoff

Often followed by

and of on from weight point in roll or

Word family

takeoffs