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What is "off-and-on"

The Collaborative International Dictionary
off-and-on

off-and-on \off-and-on\ adj. discontinuous; not continuous. Opposite of continuous.

Syn: interrupted.

Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
off-and-on

"intermittently," 1530s; see off (adv.) + on. As an adjective from 1580s.

WordNet
off-and-on

adj. intermittently stopping and starting; "fitful (or interrupted) sleep"; "off-and-on static" [syn: fitful, interrupted, off-and-on(a)]

Usage examples of "off-and-on".

Clay Baldwin seemed in fair shape to travel as well, having had a heap of fight knocked out of him by that long siege of off-and-on chills and fever.

Maybe the sheriff had got wind of Adams' off-and-on moonshining operation and was out to do some checking, hoping that some neighbor might misspeak himself.

Maybe the sheriff had got wind of Adams” off-and-on moonshining operation and was out to do some checking, hoping that some neighbor might misspeak himself.