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Dictionary: off-the-wall
(ôf'THə-wôl', ŏf'-)
adj. Informal
  1. Very unconventional or unusual: manic, off-the-wall creativity; off-the-wall humor.
  2. Exhibiting bizarre behavior; crazy: their off-the-wall friends.

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Eccentric, unconventional, as in That idea of opening a 100-seat theater is off the wall. This expression probably originated in baseball or some other sport in which the ball can bounce off a wall in an erratic way. [Colloquial; 1960s]


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Dictionary. The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition Copyright © 2007, 2000 by Houghton Mifflin Company. Updated in 2009. Published by Houghton Mifflin Company. All rights reserved.  Read more
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