"loose off" meaning in English

{
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "looses off",
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "loosing off",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "loosed off",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "loosed off",
      "tags": [
        "past"
      ]
    }
  ],
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    {
      "args": {
        "1": "*"
      },
      "expansion": "loose off (third-person singular simple present looses off, present participle loosing off, simple past and past participle loosed off)",
      "name": "en-verb"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "verb",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "54 46",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "English entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with incorrect language header",
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          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "49 51",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "English phrasal verbs formed with \"off\"",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "50 50",
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        {
          "_dis": "49 51",
          "kind": "other",
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        }
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "They loosed off a couple of rounds at the enemy.",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "ref": "2006, John Gimlette, Theatre of Fish: Travels Through Newfoundland and Labrador, page 225:",
          "text": "More likely, it was the prospect of meat. Curwen was by now craving a juicy roast – 'even seal chop' – and was always loosing off at tickleasses and harps.",
          "type": "quote"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "to fire (a weapon, or ammunition); to shoot (using a firearm)"
      ],
      "id": "en-loose_off-en-verb-i8kr4s5L",
      "links": [
        [
          "transitive",
          "transitive"
        ],
        [
          "intransitive",
          "intransitive"
        ],
        [
          "fire",
          "fire"
        ],
        [
          "shoot",
          "shoot"
        ],
        [
          "firearm",
          "firearm"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(transitive, intransitive, informal) to fire (a weapon, or ammunition); to shoot (using a firearm)"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "informal",
        "intransitive",
        "transitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
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          "kind": "other",
          "name": "English entries with incorrect language header",
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          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "49 51",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "English phrasal verbs formed with \"off\"",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "50 50",
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          "name": "Pages with 1 entry",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "49 51",
          "kind": "other",
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          "parents": [],
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        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "to unfasten, to loosen (chains, bonds, etc.)"
      ],
      "id": "en-loose_off-en-verb-waxYNFln",
      "links": [
        [
          "unfasten",
          "unfasten"
        ],
        [
          "loosen",
          "loosen"
        ],
        [
          "chain",
          "chain"
        ],
        [
          "bond",
          "bond"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(transitive, archaic) to unfasten, to loosen (chains, bonds, etc.)"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "archaic",
        "transitive"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "loose off"
}

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    "English lemmas",
    "English multiword terms",
    "English phrasal verbs",
    "English phrasal verbs formed with \"off\"",
    "English verbs",
    "Pages with 1 entry",
    "Pages with entries"
  ],
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "looses off",
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "loosing off",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "loosed off",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "loosed off",
      "tags": [
        "past"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "*"
      },
      "expansion": "loose off (third-person singular simple present looses off, present participle loosing off, simple past and past participle loosed off)",
      "name": "en-verb"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "verb",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "English informal terms",
        "English intransitive verbs",
        "English terms with quotations",
        "English terms with usage examples",
        "English transitive verbs",
        "Quotation templates to be cleaned"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "They loosed off a couple of rounds at the enemy.",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "ref": "2006, John Gimlette, Theatre of Fish: Travels Through Newfoundland and Labrador, page 225:",
          "text": "More likely, it was the prospect of meat. Curwen was by now craving a juicy roast – 'even seal chop' – and was always loosing off at tickleasses and harps.",
          "type": "quote"
        }
      ],
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        "to fire (a weapon, or ammunition); to shoot (using a firearm)"
      ],
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        [
          "transitive",
          "transitive"
        ],
        [
          "intransitive",
          "intransitive"
        ],
        [
          "fire",
          "fire"
        ],
        [
          "shoot",
          "shoot"
        ],
        [
          "firearm",
          "firearm"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(transitive, intransitive, informal) to fire (a weapon, or ammunition); to shoot (using a firearm)"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "informal",
        "intransitive",
        "transitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "English terms with archaic senses",
        "English transitive verbs"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "to unfasten, to loosen (chains, bonds, etc.)"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "unfasten",
          "unfasten"
        ],
        [
          "loosen",
          "loosen"
        ],
        [
          "chain",
          "chain"
        ],
        [
          "bond",
          "bond"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(transitive, archaic) to unfasten, to loosen (chains, bonds, etc.)"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "archaic",
        "transitive"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "loose off"
}