What does Off-the-Wall mean?

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Princeton's WordNet

  1. bizarre, eccentric, freakish, freaky, flaky, flakey, gonzo, off-the-wall, outlandish, outreadjective

    conspicuously or grossly unconventional or unusual

    "restaurants of bizarre design--one like a hat, another like a rabbit"; "famed for his eccentric spelling"; "a freakish combination of styles"; "his off-the-wall antics"; "the outlandish clothes of teenagers"; "outre and affected stage antics"

Wiktionary

  1. off-the-walladjective

    Wildly unconventional; bizarre; absurd.

  2. off-the-walladjective

    Greatly inappropriate.

    His behaviour today is off-the-wall.

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

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  1. off-the-wall

    Off-the-wall refers to something unusual, unconventional, unexpected, strange, absurd, eccentric, or quirky. It often denotes ideas or actions that are outlandishly different from what's perceived as normal. This term can be used to describe people, behaviors, ideas, or events.

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Numerology

  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of Off-the-Wall in Chaldean Numerology is: 5

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of Off-the-Wall in Pythagorean Numerology is: 9

Examples of Off-the-Wall in a Sentence

  1. Quincy Jones:

    Louis 'Thunder Thumbs' Johnson was one of the greatest bass players to ever pick up the instrument, as a member of the Brothers Johnson, we shared decades of magical times working together in the studio and touring the world. From my albums 'Body Heat' and 'Mellow Madness,' to their platinum albums 'Look Out for #1,' 'Right On Time,' 'Blam' and 'Light Up the Night,' which I produced, to Michael's solo debut 'Off the Wall,' I considered Louis a core member of my production team. He was a dear and beloved friend and brother, and I will miss his presence and joy of life every day.

  2. Joe Biden:

    It's very different than turning to someone on a stage who says something that's so off the wall to me because I don't want to attack anyone on stage, that's not what I intend to do, but I realize that some have concluded that because I didn't respond very tough back to( Kamala Harris) that how can I take on Donald Trump ? I've never had any trouble taking anyone on from Donald Trump to( Russian President Vladimir) Putin to( Chinese President) Xi Jinping Donald Trump.

  3. Sakiko Hagiwara:

    On the second floor of our house, the tremor was too strong to stand, Pictures fell off the wall.

  4. Joe Biden:

    Look what he had to do, he had to make commitments that are just absolutely off the wall for a speaker of the House to make in terms of being able to become the leader.

  5. Kjersti Aagaard:

    Humans, like all placental mammals, run the risk of bleeding to death after that placenta separates off the wall of the uterus, so 4.5 million years of evolution is at our backs, helping us clot a little bit more effectively when we're pregnant.


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