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Small-scale theatre in New York City
Off-off-Broadway theaters are smaller New York City theaters than Broadway and off-Broadway theaters, and usually have fewer than 100 seats. The off-off-Broadway
Off-off-Broadway
Type of theatre in New York City
theatres are smaller than Broadway theatres, but larger than off-off-Broadway theatres, which seat fewer than 100. An "off-Broadway production" is a production
Off-Broadway
American romantic drama television series
Off Campus is an American romantic drama television series created by Louisa Levy for Amazon Prime Video. It is based on the Off-Campus book series by
Off_Campus
1982 play written by Michael Frayn
Noises Off. Noises Off at the Internet Broadway Database Noises Off (Brooks Atkinson Theatre 1983–85) at the Internet Broadway Database Noises Off (Brooks
Noises_Off
1979 studio album by Michael Jackson
while working on the 1978 film The Wiz. Off the Wall was crafted from disco, pop, funk, R&B, soft rock and Broadway ballads. Its lyrical themes include escapism
Off_the_Wall
American theatrical publishing company
ISBN 978-1598845945. Retrieved August 22, 2017. "2016 Off Off Broadway Short Play Festival Announces Six Winning Plays". Broadway World. August 15, 2016. Retrieved March
Samuel_French,_Inc.
Type of theatre in New York City
are referred to as off-Broadway, regardless of location, while very small venues with fewer than 100 seats are called off-off-Broadway, a term that can
Broadway_theatre
Musical by Bono and the Edge
Spider-Man: Turn Off the Dark officially opened on June 14, 2011, it had set the record for the longest preview period in Broadway history, with 182
Spider-Man:_Turn_Off_the_Dark
1971 cast recording by The Cast of Godspell (1971 Off-Broadway)
Godspell (1971 Off-Broadway Cast) is the original cast recording of the Cherry Lane Theatre production of Godspell. It produced a radio hit in the summer
Godspell (1971 Off-Broadway Cast)
Godspell_(1971_Off-Broadway_Cast)
Annual theater awards in New York City
American Theatre Wing to theater artists and groups involved in off-Broadway and off-off-Broadway productions in New York City. Starting just after the 2014
Obie_Award
American rock band
Off Broadway USA is an American rock band. The band was founded by Paul Darrow, Cliff Johnson, Paul McDermott, John Pazdan and Dan Santercola in 1977 in
Off_Broadway_USA
North-south avenue in New York
alternative theatrical ventures such as off-Broadway and off-off-Broadway. In Lower Manhattan, a section of Broadway is referred to as the Canyon of Heroes
Broadway_(Manhattan)
This is a list of musicals, including Broadway, Off-Broadway, and West End musicals, as well as film and television musicals, whose titles fall into the
List_of_musicals:_A_to_L
American sci-fi comic book series
is an American science fiction comic book series. It is based on the off-Broadway stage play of the same name written by Elaine Lee, with contributions
Starstruck_(comics)
American musician (born 1953)
his father and paternal grandfather worked as theatrical advertisers on Broadway. Wilder started studying classical piano at age four. When Wilder was 14
Matthew_Wilder
American theatrical producer (1931–1967)
1931 – April 2, 1967), was an Italian-American theatre producer. The Off-Off-Broadway theatre movement is generally credited to have begun at Cino's Caffe
Joe_Cino
Award for LGBT representation in media
Daily Drama Outstanding New York Theater – Broadway & Off-Broadway Outstanding New York Theater – Off-Off Broadway Outstanding Los Angeles Theater In addition
GLAAD_Media_Award
opened in 2009 Off-Broadway. The show has been performed on five continents and more than eight countries. It continues to play Off-Broadway and continues
Cast lists for Love, Loss, and What I Wore
Cast_lists_for_Love,_Loss,_and_What_I_Wore
Musical by Alan Menken and Howard Ashman
and early Motown. The musical premiered off-off-Broadway in 1982 before moving to the Orpheum Theatre off-Broadway, where it had a five-year run. It later
Little Shop of Horrors (musical)
Little_Shop_of_Horrors_(musical)
Online database of off-Broadway theatre productions
Internet Off-Broadway Database (IOBDB), also formerly known as the Lortel Archives, is an online database that catalogues theatre productions shown off-Broadway
Internet Off-Broadway Database
Internet_Off-Broadway_Database
Play by Douglas Turner Ward
written by American playwright Douglas Turner Ward, which premiered off-off-Broadway in 1965. Telling the story of a Southern town where all of its Black
Day_of_Absence
Play written by Lanford Wilson
the directing and playwriting units of the Actors Studio, it debuted off-off-Broadway at La Mama Experimental Theater Club on January 20, 1965. It was a
Balm_in_Gilead
Play written by Terrence McNally
McNally. The play originally opened off-off-Broadway in 1982. It was revived off-Broadway in 1986, and on Broadway in 2014. The plot concerns a party where
It's_Only_a_Play
1962 debut album by jazz pianist Herbie Hancock
Takin' Off is the debut album by jazz pianist Herbie Hancock released in 1962 by Blue Note Records. The album features veteran tenor saxophonist Dexter
Takin'_Off
1996 film directed by F. Gary Gray
playwright in urban stage play productions, adapted Set It Off as an Off-Broadway play titled SET IT OFF: Live on Stage, with the blessing of creator and writer
Set_It_Off_(film)
1982 play by Norman Krasna
Off-Broadway is a 1982 American play by Norman Krasna. The show's 1982 production by The Whole Theater Company in Montclair, New Jersey was directed by
Off_Broadway_(play)
1992 film by Peter Bogdanovich
preparing for its American debut in Des Moines, Iowa, with a second-rate, Broadway-bound theatrical troupe under the direction of Lloyd Fellowes. Among the
Noises_Off_(film)
American family of entertainers and pioneers of Off-off-Broadway theater
and performance art. They are best known as pioneers of experimental Off-off-Broadway theater in New York City, San Francisco and Europe from the mid-1960s
Harris_entertainment_family
1967 cast recording
original, Off-Broadway cast of the musical Hair: An American Tribal Love-Rock Musical. It was released in 1967 by RCA Victor. Hair premiered Off-Broadway at
Hair (Original Off-Broadway Cast Recording)
Hair_(Original_Off-Broadway_Cast_Recording)
1942 film by Herbert I. Leeds
Just Off Broadway is a 1942 Drama directed by Herbert I. Leeds, starring Lloyd Nolan and Marjorie Weaver. This is the sixth of a series of seven that Lloyd
Just_Off_Broadway
Comedy theatre play by Matt Cox
to the Off-Broadway theater New World Stages in 2016. The show has been praised for its comedy and staging. It was nominated for the Off-Broadway Alliance
Puffs, or Seven Increasingly Eventful Years at a Certain School of Magic and Magic
Puffs,_or_Seven_Increasingly_Eventful_Years_at_a_Certain_School_of_Magic_and_Magic
American actor, writer, director, and playwright
Ryan Spahn is a Drama Desk Award–winning American actor, known for his Off-Broadway work including Branden Jacobs-Jenkins’ Gloria, a 2016 Pulitzer Prize
Ryan_Spahn
1961 musical by Leslie Bricusse and Anthony Newley
to Get Off – Broadway Musical – Original". Internet Broadway Database. Retrieved 4 January 2022. "Stop the World – I Want to Get Off – Broadway musical
Stop the World – I Want to Get Off
Stop_the_World_–_I_Want_to_Get_Off
American actress (born 1983)
of Grass; later that year DeVito starred alongside her mother in the off-Broadway play Love, Loss, and What I Wore, adapted by Nora and Delia Ephron, at
Lucy_DeVito
Term for someone who has left an Orthodox Jewish community
keeping a kosher home and fasting on Yom Kippur after their divorce. Her off-Broadway show “That’s Yentatainment!” told Forster’s journey from closeted Haredi
Off_the_derech
New York theater awards
theater, recognizing outstanding achievements across Broadway, Off-Broadway, and Off-Off-Broadway productions within the same categories. The awards are
Drama_Desk_Awards
Theatres in London, England
relatively recently, having been coined after the similar American term "off-Broadway" (though without the same strict definition). The term is usually used
Off_West_End
1986 teen comedy film by John Hughes
Ferris Bueller's Day Off is a 1986 American teen comedy film written, co-produced, and directed by John Hughes. It stars Matthew Broderick, Mia Sara,
Ferris_Bueller's_Day_Off
American film and stage actor (born 1986)
theater, most notably performing in Peter and the Starcatcher on Broadway and off-Broadway and producing The Woodsman. From 2015 to 2019, he starred as Quentin
Jason_Ralph
6th episode of the 3rd season of Glee
"Mash Off" is the sixth episode of the third season of the American musical television series Glee, and the fiftieth overall. The episode was written
Mash_Off
Dinner theater and children's theater in Frederick, Maryland, US
The Way Off Broadway Dinner Theater, also known as Way Off Broadway or WOB, is a regional dinner theater located in Frederick, Maryland, United States
Way Off Broadway Dinner Theatre
Way_Off_Broadway_Dinner_Theatre
1982 off-Broadway musical
Ludlow Ladd, a comic Christmas musical that Colby and Markoe created Off-off Broadway for The Lyric Theater of New York in 1979. Set in Victorian England
Charlotte_Sweet
Comedy television series
of Netflix's Haters Back Off", BroadwayWorld, October 24, 2017 Gore, Sydney. "Miranda Sings' Haters Will Definitely Back Off After Watching This" Archived
Haters_Back_Off
American actor
Award-winning play-with-music Indecent. Rattazzi has also done some Off-Off-Broadway shows. Hetrick, Adam. "The Complete List of 2017 Tony Winners: 'Dear
Steven_Rattazzi
1981 musical by Stephen Sondheim and George Furth
including an Off-Broadway revival in 1994 and a West End premiere in 2000 that won the Laurence Olivier Award for Best New Musical. The 2022 Off-Broadway production
Merrily We Roll Along (musical)
Merrily_We_Roll_Along_(musical)
American international department store chain
1293-1311 Broadway on Herald Square. The building, built in 1902, had seven stories and was designed by Buchman & Fox. The store was spun off from Saks
Saks_Fifth_Avenue
Play by Dan Mullally
Laff That Off is a play in three acts by Don Mullally. It premiered on Broadway at Wallack's Theatre on November 2, 1925. It moved to the 39th Street
Laff_That_Off
American actor
University of Arizona. Cassidy has appeared as an actor in numerous Off- and Off-Off-Broadway productions. He has also appeared in film, television, and web
Nat_Cassidy
Off-Broadway theaters in Manhattan, New York
The Theatre Row Building is a complex of five Off-Broadway theatres at 410 West 42nd Street on Theatre Row in Hell's Kitchen, Manhattan, New York City
Theatre_Row_Building
Annual theater award
recognition of achievements in theatre across collective Broadway, off-Broadway and off-off-Broadway productions in New York City. From 1955 to 1974, acting
Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Featured Performance in a Musical
Drama_Desk_Award_for_Outstanding_Featured_Performance_in_a_Musical
2024 play by Cole Escola
Cole Escola. The show opened on Broadway on July 11, 2024, at the Lyceum Theatre, transferring from its off-Broadway run at the Lucille Lortel Theatre
Oh,_Mary!
1937 song by George and Ira Gershwin
in the Eye (With a Sharp Stick). The tune was also featured in the 2012 Broadway Musical Nice Work If You Can Get It. In the 2021 film Venom: Let There
Let's Call the Whole Thing Off
Let's_Call_the_Whole_Thing_Off
Annual theater award
recognition of achievements in the theatre across collective Broadway, off-Broadway and off-off-Broadway productions in New York City. From 1955 to 1974, acting
Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Featured Performance in a Play
Drama_Desk_Award_for_Outstanding_Featured_Performance_in_a_Play
American scenic designer
Island (2017), Spring Awakening (2015), and Fool for Love (2015), and Off-Broadway shows The Christians (2015), Cloud Nine (2015), and Rancho Viejo (2016)
Dane_Laffrey
Musical
to the off-off-Broadway theater La MaMa Experimental Theatre Club in the East Village of Manhattan. The show was rescored for an off-Broadway production
Godspell
1970 American comedy film
directed by Robert Downey Sr. It was based on The Comeuppance, an Off-Off Broadway play written by Downey in 1961. It is about several dogs, along with
Pound_(film)
2017 play by Jocelyn Bioh
playwright Jocelyn Bioh. The play debuted Off-Broadway in 2017 at the MCC Theater, and is set to premiere on Broadway in September 2026. The play takes place
School Girls; Or, the African Mean Girls Play
School_Girls;_Or,_the_African_Mean_Girls_Play
2015 musical by Joe Iconis
premiered off-Broadway in 2018. A Broadway production began previews on February 13, 2019, and officially opened on March 10, 2019. The Broadway production
Be_More_Chill_(musical)
American director
work directing Sanaz Toossi's play English both Off-Broadway and on Broadway, as well as Off-Broadway productions of Eboni Booth's Primary Trust in 2023
Knud_Adams
1924 play
times on Broadway and adapted for film four times; it is Kelly's most frequently produced play. The characters and basic premise of The Show-Off first appeared
The_Show-Off
English theatre director (born 1978)
her theatre collective Boileroom. In addition, she has directed an Off-Off-Broadway revival of Henrik Ibsen's Ghosts (2010) at Access Theatre, the performance
Sophie_Hunter
Musical by Lynn Ahrens and Stephen Flaherty
one currently licensed by MTI as Seussical the Musical. A 90-minute Off-Broadway production was staged at the Lucille Lortel Theatre in 2007 by Theatreworks
Seussical
American actress (born 2000)
made her Broadway debut in a replacement role in the Branden Jacobs-Jenkins' play Appropriate (2024). She returned to theater in an off-Broadway production
Ella_Beatty
1990 musical by Stephen Sondheim
musical opened Off-Broadway in 1990 to many mixed and negative reviews, and ran for 73 performances; in 2004, the show was produced on Broadway to highly favorable
Assassins_(musical)
Topics referred to by the same term
of the Earth's surface within the polar circles FRIGID New York, an Off-Off-Broadway festival hosted by Horsetrade Theatre Hypoactive sexual desire disorder
Frigid
American actress
founders of Academy Arts Theatre Company, which produced off-Broadway and off-off-Broadway plays for five years. She won a Soap Opera Award for her role
Linda_Gibboney
American actor, dancer, singer and TV host (born 1983)
2007 to 2010 and has played roles Off-Broadway, in regional theatre productions and on tour. He has produced Broadway shows and both produced and appeared
Frankie_Grande
American footwear retailer
operates over 500 stores in 36 states under the Rack Room Shoes and Off Broadway Shoe Warehouse brands. The two brands offer a variety of styles for women
Rack_Room_Shoes
British comedy play
undertaken five tours of the UK, and a Broadway production ran from 2017–2019 and then continued off-Broadway. The Cornley Polytechnic Drama Society,
The_Play_That_Goes_Wrong
American director, actor, and musician
play off-off-Broadway for La MaMa in March 1967 and later took it to the Edinburgh Festival and then to New York's Theater de Lys, an off-Broadway venue
Tom_O'Horgan
Musical adaptation of Leo Tolstoy's War and Peace
Great Comet premiered on Broadway in November 2016 at the Imperial Theatre, and closed in September 2017. The original Off-Broadway production of the show
Natasha, Pierre & The Great Comet of 1812
Natasha,_Pierre_&_The_Great_Comet_of_1812
Comedy production company in New York City
include actors Tyler Posey, Joel Murray, Academy Award Winner Jim Rash, Broadway actor and star of Frozen, Josh Gad, Canadian comedian Scott Thompson, and
Face_Off_Unlimited
American actress and singer (born 1951)
Horrors (1982) (Off-Off Broadway showcase, Off-Broadway and London) Starting Monday (1990) (Off-Broadway) Weird Romance (1992) (Off-Broadway) Three Men on
Ellen_Greene
2019 stage musical by Michael R. Jackson
for Drama. First produced off-Broadway in 2019, then staged in Washington, D.C. in 2021, A Strange Loop premiered on Broadway at the Lyceum Theatre in
A_Strange_Loop
American Off-Off-Broadway theater company
Todo con Nada (also known as NADA) was an Obie Award winning Off-Off-Broadway theatre company, founded in 1988 by Aaron Beall, Tim Carryer, and Babs Bailey
Todo_con_Nada
Theatre award
recognition of achievements in theatre across collective Broadway, off-Broadway and off-off-Broadway productions in New York City. From 1955 to 1974, acting
Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Lead Performance in a Musical
Drama_Desk_Award_for_Outstanding_Lead_Performance_in_a_Musical
Lighting designer
Lap Chi Chu is an American lighting designer known for his Broadway and Off-Broadway works. Chu got his B.S. from Northwestern University and M.F.A from
Lap_Chi_Chu
American theatre award
recognition of achievements in the theatre across collective Broadway, off-Broadway and off-off-Broadway productions in New York City. From 1955 to 1974, acting
Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Lead Performance in a Play
Drama_Desk_Award_for_Outstanding_Lead_Performance_in_a_Play
American actor (1931–2019)
acted off-Broadway at the American Place Theatre as Henry Hackamore in Sam Shepard's 1979 play Seduced: a Play in Two Acts. Torn's off-Broadway debut
Rip_Torn
2025 play by Bess Wohl
The play premiered off-Broadway at the Laura Pels Theatre in February 2025, directed by Whitney White, and transferred to Broadway in October 2025 at
Liberation_(play)
American actor and singer
breakthrough was in the original Off-Broadway production of Pasek & Paul's stage adaptation of Dogfight, and he made his Broadway debut as Fiyero in the 10th
Derek_Klena
Play
to Me Darling is a play by Kenneth Lonergan. The show, first produced Off-Broadway in 2016, follows fictional country music icon, Strings McCrane, who finds
Hold_On_to_Me_Darling
Theatre that is experimental in style or subject matter
not included as West End theatres), and the equivalent of off-Broadway and Off-off-Broadway theatres in New York City, as well as Europe's "free theatre"
Fringe_theatre
American actress, singer (born 1991)
nominees for the award at age 17. Her other Broadway roles include Mary Jane Watson in Spider-Man: Turn Off the Dark in 2011 and Jean in the 2016 musical
Jennifer_Damiano
administration with a justification for invading Iraq. Baghdaddy was produced off-off-Broadway at The Actors' Temple in 2015. The production was critically acclaimed
Baghdaddy
Theatre Genesis was an off-off-Broadway theater founded in 1964 by Ralph Cook. Located in the historic St. Mark's Church in-the-Bowery in the East Village
Theatre_Genesis
Musical by Anaïs Mitchell
dialogue. The new version of the musical, directed by Chavkin, premiered off-Broadway at New York Theatre Workshop (NYTW) on May 6, 2016, and ran through July
Hadestown
Awards to recognize excellence in New York Off-Broadway theatre
The Lucille Lortel Awards recognize excellence in New York Off-Broadway theatre. The Awards are named for Lucille Lortel, an actress and theater producer
Lucille_Lortel_Awards
Park Theatre built in 1798 on Park Row just off Broadway, the definition of what constitutes a Broadway theater has changed multiple times. The current
List_of_Broadway_theaters
Play written by John Guare
which premiered Off-Broadway in 1971, and was revived in 1986, both Off-Broadway and on Broadway, and was again revived on Broadway in 2011. The play
The_House_of_Blue_Leaves
Broadway musical
in modern psychiatry, and the underbelly of suburban life. Before its Off-Broadway debut, Next to Normal received several workshop performances and won
Next_to_Normal
American actress (born 1953)
1953) is an American actress. She has appeared on Broadway in The Hothouse by Harold Pinter; off-Broadway, she appeared in Pearl Theatre's Dance With Me
Amy_Van_Nostrand
Play
Nighter is a dramedy play by Natalie Margolin. The show, first produced Off-Broadway in 2025, follows a central group of female friends who are studying for
All_Nighter_(play)
American theatre and television director (born 1977)
television director, and producer. He is known for directing the Off-Broadway and Broadway productions of Lin-Manuel Miranda's musicals In the Heights and
Thomas_Kail
American actor and singer (born 1992)
musical Wicked, directed by Jon M. Chu. In July 2026, he’s set to join the Off-Broadway revival cast of Little Shop of Horrors replacing Jordan Fisher as Seymour
Ethan_Slater
American actor and singer (born 1994)
the Broadway musical Dear Evan Hansen. He also played Dr. Asher Wolke in the TV series The Good Doctor, originated the role of the Duchess in the off-Broadway
Noah_Galvin
Rock musical
1990s and various workshops, concerts, rewrites and its Off-Broadway debut, the original Broadway production of Spring Awakening opened at the Eugene O'Neill
Spring_Awakening_(musical)
1996 play by Eve Ensler
and premiered at HERE Arts Center, an off-off-Broadway venue in New York, and was followed by an off-Broadway run at the Westside Theatre. The play explores
The_Vagina_Monologues
American actor
Shakespearean classic before moving to New York City to star as Matt in the Off-Broadway revival of The Fantasticks. He was one of the youngest Hamlets in American
Santino_Fontana
American composer, lyricist and playwright (1960–1996)
and into the 1990s. After several years of workshopping, Rent began an off-Broadway run in early 1996, though Larson died from an aortic dissection the day
Jonathan_Larson
OFF OFF-BROADWAY
OFF OFF-BROADWAY
Surname or Lastname
English (of Norman origin)
English (of Norman origin) : variant of Chappell.Variant of German Kappel.
Surname or Lastname
English (of Welsh origin)
English (of Welsh origin) : variant of Maddox.
Surname or Lastname
English (of Welsh origin)
English (of Welsh origin) : variant of Maddox.
Surname or Lastname
English (of Norman origin)
English (of Norman origin) : variant of Duley.
Surname or Lastname
English (of Welsh origin)
English (of Welsh origin) : variant of Maddox.
Surname or Lastname
English (of Welsh origin)
English (of Welsh origin) : variant of Maddox.
Biblical
peace; abundance
Surname or Lastname
English
English : from Old French boeuf ‘bull’, a nickname for a powerfully built man. In some cases it may have been originally a metonymic occupational name for a herdsman. Compare Bouvier.German (Böff) : from the short form of a Germanic personal name with bod- (Old Saxon bodo ‘messenger’), as in Bodo.
Surname or Lastname
Welsh
Welsh : nickname for a red-haired person (see Gough).English (of Cornish and Breton origin) : occupational name from Cornish and Breton goff ‘smith’ (cognate with Gaelic gobha). The surname is common in East Anglia, where it is of Breton origin, introduced by followers of William the Conqueror.Irish : reduced form of McGoff.Edward Goffe was a farmer in Cambridge MA whose house was acquired by Harvard College some time before 1654 and used as a dormitory, known as Goffe’s College.
Female
Portuguese
Portuguese form of Latin Ofelia, OFÉLIA means "help."
Surname or Lastname
English (of Welsh origin)
English (of Welsh origin) : variant of Maddox.
Surname or Lastname
Respelling of Kroll.English
Respelling of Kroll.English : variant of Curl.
Boy/Male
Shakespearean
King Henry IV, Part 1' Earl of March. Scroop.
Surname or Lastname
English (of French origin)
English (of French origin) : variant of Rounsaville.
Surname or Lastname
English
English : variant of Rolfe.North German : variant of Ruoff.
Biblical
Ecclesiasticus or the Sirach = Joshua, Joshua, saviour, or whose help is Jehovah Jehovah, I am; the eternal living one Jehovah, self-subsisting
Surname or Lastname
English (of Welsh origin)
English (of Welsh origin) : variant of Maddox.
Surname or Lastname
English (of Welsh origin)
English (of Welsh origin) : variant of Maddox.
Surname or Lastname
English (of Welsh origin)
English (of Welsh origin) : variant of Maddock.
Boy/Male
Anglo, British, English
Name of a King
OFF OFF-BROADWAY
OFF OFF-BROADWAY
Boy/Male
Hindu
Well defined body
Boy/Male
Bengali, Gujarati, Hindu, Indian, Kannada, Malayalam, Marathi, Telugu
Soft; Calm; Gentle; Kind Hearted; Delicate
Male
Yiddish
Variant spelling of Yiddish Avrum, AVROM means "father of a multitude."Â
Girl/Female
Tamil
Flower
Girl/Female
Australian, French, Greek
Peace
Girl/Female
Muslim
Peace
Boy/Male
Gaelic
Dwells at the woodland.
Girl/Female
Indian, Tamil
Beautiful
Boy/Male
Latin
From the Aegean sea.
Boy/Male
Indian, Punjabi, Sikh
One with Blissful Peace
OFF OFF-BROADWAY
OFF OFF-BROADWAY
OFF OFF-BROADWAY
OFF OFF-BROADWAY
OFF OFF-BROADWAY
adv.
Denoting a leaving, abandonment, departure, abatement, interruption, or remission; as, the fever goes off; the pain goes off; the game is off; all bets are off.
n.
Removal; murder. See To take off (c), under Take, v. t.
adv.
Denoting distance or separation; as, the house is a mile off.
n.
A blowing off steam, water, etc.;
a.
Laid aside; cast-off.
a.
Capable of being washed off; not permanent or durable; -- said of colors not fixed by steaming or otherwise.
a.
Remote; as, the far-off distance. Cf. Far-off, under Far, adv.
adv.
Denoting opposition or negation.
adv.
In a general sense, denoting from or away from; as:
prep.
Not on; away from; as, to be off one's legs or off the bed; two miles off the shore.
n.
That which is set off against another thing; an offset.
adj.
as, a blow-off cock or pipe.
a.
Cast or laid aside; as, cast-off clothes.
n.
The side of the field that is on the right of the wicket keeper.
interj.
Away; begone; -- a command to depart.
a.
Designating a time when one is not strictly attentive to business or affairs, or is absent from his post, and, hence, a time when affairs are not urgent; as, he took an off day for fishing: an off year in politics.
adv.
Denoting a different direction; not on or towards: away; as, to look off.
adv.
Denoting the action of removing or separating; separation; as, to take off the hat or cloak; to cut off, to pare off, to clip off, to peel off, to tear off, to march off, to fly off, and the like.
n.
A device for letting off, releasing, or giving forth, as the warp from the cylinder of a loom.
a.
On the farther side; most distant; on the side of an animal or a team farthest from the driver when he is on foot; in the United States, the right side; as, the off horse or ox in a team, in distinction from the nigh or near horse or ox; the off leg.