Takeoff

Noun

 * 1) The rising or ascent aircraft or rocket into flight.
 * The flight was smooth, but the takeoff was a little rough.
 * 1) A parody or lampoon of someone or something.
 * Weird Al's song "Lasagna" is a takeoff on the popular song "La Bamba".
 * 1) A quantification, especially of building materials.
 * I'll give you an estimate after I do the quantity takeoffs for the trusses and structural steel.

Thesaurus
A, alpha, anabasis, ascension, ascent, base, basis, beginning, blast-off, boarding, booster rocket, burlesque, caricature, catapult, clamber, climb, climbing, commencement, copying, counterfeiting, creation, cutting edge, dawn, edge, elevation, embarkation, embarkment, emplanement, emulation, enplanement, entrainment, escalade, establishment, fakery, farce, flying start, following, forgery, foundation, fountain, fresh start, ground loop, gush, gyring up, hit-off, hopoff, imitation, impersonation, imposture, impression, increase, institution, jet, jump, jump-off, kick-off, lampoon, leading edge, leap, levitation, line of departure, mimesis, mirroring, mockery, mount, mounting, new departure, oncoming, onomatopoeia, onset, opening, origin, origination, outbreak, outset, outsetting, outstart, parody, pastiche, plagiarism, plagiary, point of departure, port of embarkation, repetition, rise, rising, rocketing up, rotation, running start, saltation, satire, send-off, setoff, setout, setting in motion, setting-up, shooting up, simulation, soaring, spout, spring, spurt, square one, squib, start, start-off, starting, starting gate, starting place, starting point, starting post, surge, take-off, taking off, travesty, upclimb, upcoming, updraft, upgang, upgo, upgoing, upgrade, upgrowth, uphill, upleap, uplift, upping, uprisal, uprise, uprising, uprush, upshoot, upslope, upsurge, upsurgence, upsweep, upswing, vault, wicked imitation, zooming

Etymology
noun use of the verb to take off

Translations

 * Arabic: إقلاع
 * Finnish: ,
 * French:
 * Greek: απογείωση
 * Italian:


 * Macedonian: полет
 * Portuguese:
 * Russian:
 * Spanish: despegue


 * Spanish: parodia

Anagrams

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