taste-off

noun

An event at which several foods or drinks are tasted, to determine which is the best.

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Meanings

nountaste-off (plural taste-offs)

plural taste-offs

  1. An event at which several foods or drinks are tasted, to determine which is the best.

    It’s out there somewhere in our farflung metropolis—the perfect, sublime, ultimate doughnut. In fact we’ve found it (or them), plus some fabulous doughnuterias, in STAR Magazine’s great doughnut taste-off—a guide to all who dote on this legendary edible.

    1980 March 16, “Pages: What’s ahead?”, in Giles M. Fowler, editor, STAR: The Weekly Magazine (The Kansas City Star), Kansas City, Mo.: The Kansas City Star Company, →ISSN, →OCLC, page 3, column 4

Origin

From taste + -off.

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APA

taste-off. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/taste-off

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“taste-off.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/taste-off. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “taste-off,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/taste-off.

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