takeoff

The act of rising in flight. Used of an aircraft or a rocket.

The point or place from which one takes off.

An amusing imitative caricature, parody, or burlesque.

The act of taking off, in any sense; especially, an imitation or mimicking; a caricature; a burlesque representation.

The point at which one takes off; specifically, the point at which a leaper rises from the ground in taking a fence or bar.

In croquet, a stroke by which the player’s ball is driven forward in the line of aim or nearly so, and the ball it touches is barely moved or even allowed to remain undisturbed.

An imitation, especially in the way of caricature; — used with of or on.

The spot at which one takes off; specif., the place from which a jumper rises in leaping.

The beginning of a leap from a surface or a flight into the air, especially the process or event of an airplane leaving the ground and beginning its flight.

to begin a leap from a surface or a flight into the air; especially, (of a bird or an airplane) to leave the ground and begin to fly.