tear-off
1 of 2noun
plural -s
: part of a piece of paper intended to be removed by tearing usually along a marked line (as a row of dashes)
tear off
2 of 2transitive verb
: to compose rapidly
tore off a whole play in three weeks
just in time to tear off a letter home
Word History
Etymology
Noun
from the phrase tear off
Transitive verb
tear entry 3
- madreporic
- madreporic body
- madreporic plate
- madreporic tubercle
- madreporiform
- madreporite
- madreporites
- madres
- madrich
- madrichim
- Madrid
- Madrid sweet clover
- madrides
- madrids
- madrigal
- madrigaled
- madrigaler
- madrigalesque
- madrigalian
- madrigaling
- madrigalist
- madrigalists
- madrigalled
- madrigaller
- madrigalling