off·load or off-load (ôf'lōd', ŏf'-) v.
off·load·ed or off-load·ed, off·load·ing or off-load·ing, off·loads or off-loads
v.
tr.
To unload (a vehicle or container).
Computer Science To transfer (data) to a peripheral device.
Slang To get rid of and pass on to another: "He does come close to offloading some of the blame for the launch on . . . the dear old media"(Meg Greenfield).
[awf-lohd, of-] 
