Complete Definition of "off-the-wall"

English

Alternative spellings
off the wall

Etymology
Perhaps from baseball or other games played with a ball, alluding to unpredictable bounces.

Adjective
en-adj|pos=off-the-wall

  1. context|idiom Wildly unconventional; bizarre; absurd.

#:What kind of a harebrained off-the-wall idea is that?
#:She is a very off-the-wall character.

  1. context|idiom Greatly inappropriate.

#:His behaviour today is off-the-wall.

Translations
trans-top|wildly unconventional
trans-mid
trans-bottom

trans-top|greatly inappropriate
German: daneben
trans-mid
trans-bottom

Category:English adjectives

fr:off-the-wall

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