off-the-wall
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off-the-wall
(ôf'THə-wôl', ŏf'-)
adj. Informal
adj. Informal
- Very unconventional or unusual: manic, off-the-wall creativity; off-the-wall humor.
- Exhibiting bizarre behavior; crazy: their off-the-wall friends.
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off-the-wall
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off the wall
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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categories related to 'off-the-wall'
- Excessive, Mad, Insane, or Radical
- Agitation, Abnormality, and Instability - off-the-wall: (adj) Informal. extreme terror or nervous hysteria; jitters
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