Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- adjective Very unconventional or unusual.
- adjective Exhibiting bizarre behavior; crazy.
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- adjective idiomatic Wildly
unconventional ;bizarre ;absurd . - adjective idiomatic Greatly
inappropriate .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- adjective conspicuously or grossly unconventional or unusual
Etymologies
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Examples
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And in Kutcher, the show's producers have found another willing party for those off-the-wall antics — including, the actors hint, a touch of nudity.
Exclusive: Ashton Kutcher, Jon Cryer and Angus T. Jones on the New Two and a Half Men 2011
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My father, a normally serious state trooper, became so boisterous and off-the-wall he was forced to take some time off.
Babies Gary Moshimer 2010
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"There's one kid there that's got a rock element about him that's totally off-the-wall," Tyler said.
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Scene-stealer Sherri Shepherd rose to the occasion as Tracy's wife Angie, who is just as off-the-wall and out of touch with reality as her crazy hubby.
2011's Best Episodes: Game of Thrones' Shocking Beheading, Walking Dead's Discovery 2011
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At the time, prior to any Watergate revelations, he made what seemed to be an utterly off-the-wall prediction.
Dan Dorfman: Stars Signal More Political Uheaval Dan Dorfman 2011
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This guy is as off-the-wall in his own way as Ray Lafferty used to be.
MIND MELD: What Was the Last SF/F Book That Surprised You? 2009
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My new favorite web find (thanks to SuperPunch) is a Flickr gallery of CubeDudes, a collection of Lego figures that resemble (among other folks) some science fictional characters, both common and off-the-wall.
March 2010 2010
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Ricky Santorum, he who lost his Senate seat because of off-the-wall statements and behaviors ....
Scoring another endorsement, Rubio shrugs off Crist speculation 2010
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After all, the logical games and off-the-wall situations presented by Lewis Carroll in both Alice's Adventures in Wonderland and Through the Looking Glass and What Alice Found There parallel much of the nonsense language and narrative dissociation one sometimes feels living in this first decade of the twenty-first century.
March 2010 2010
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At the time, prior to any Watergate revelations, he made what seemed to be an utterly off-the-wall prediction.
Dan Dorfman: Stars Signal More Political Uheaval Dan Dorfman 2011
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