offing

Meaning of offing

noun

the more distant part of the sea in view.

early 17th century: perhaps from off + -ing1.

verb, gerund or present participle
  1. leave.
    supposedly loyal workers suddenly upped and offed to the new firms
  2. kill; murder.
    I finally snapped and offed the guy

Old English, originally a variant of of (which combined the senses of ‘of’ and ‘off’).

Information about offing

  • The plural form of offing is: offings.
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Hyphenation of offing

off-ing

  • It consists of 2 syllables and 6 chars.
  • offing is a word disyllabic because it has two syllables

Anagrams of offing

goniff

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