loose off

present singular third person looses off · participle present loosing off · participle past loosed off · past loosed off

1. ambitransitiveinformalto fire (a weapon, or ammunition); to shoot (using a firearm)

   They loosed off a couple of rounds at the enemy.

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   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.

   2006, John Gimlette, Theatre of Fish: Travels Through Newfoundland and Labrador, page 225

2. archaictransitiveto unfasten, to loosen (chains, bonds, etc.)