Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
off-the-wall
adjective
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
▪ Barkley was known for his sometimes outrageous and often off-the-wall commentary.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
▪ Extra effects provide various industrial and ambient noises, along with off-the-wall sounds which work well in contemporary rhythmic contexts.
▪ No idea was too off-the-wall, no scheme too madcap.
Wiktionary
off-the-wall
a. 1 (context idiomatic English) Wildly unconventional; bizarre; absurd. 2 (context idiomatic English) Greatly inappropriate.
WordNet
off-the-wall
adj. 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" [syn: bizarre, eccentric, freakish, freaky, flaky, outlandish, outre]
Usage examples of "off-the-wall".
They brought her perfume, dirty jokebooks, off-the-wall costume jewelry.