Added 10 October 2026
off-the-wall
adjective
adjective Definition from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA). More about off-the-wall at Wordnik → Where our words come from →
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Wildly unconventional; bizarre; absurd.
What kind of a harebrained, off-the-wall idea is that?
- Of a person's behaviour: greatly inappropriate.
Origin
Perhaps from baseball or other games played with a ball, alluding to unpredictable bounces; but compare also bounce off the walls.
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