ALL meanings of off-and-on
off-and-on
O o - adverb off-and-on so as to be no longer supported or attached: This button is about to come off. 1
- adverb off-and-on so as to be no longer covering or enclosing: to take a hat off; to take the wrapping off. 1
- adverb off-and-on away from a place: to run off; to look off toward the west. 1
- adverb off-and-on away from a path, course, etc.; aside: This road branches off to Grove City. 1
- adverb off-and-on so as to be away or on one's way: to start off early; to cast off. 1
- adverb off-and-on away from what is considered normal, regular, standard, or the like: to go off on a tangent. 1
- adverb off-and-on from a charge or price: He took 10 percent off for all cash purchases. 1
- adverb off-and-on at a distance in space or future time: to back off a few feet; Summer is only a week off. 1
- adverb off-and-on out of operation or effective existence: Turn the lights off. 1
- adverb off-and-on into operation or action: The alarm goes off at noon. 1
- adverb off-and-on so as to interrupt continuity or cause discontinuance: Negotiations have been broken off. 1
- adverb off-and-on in absence from work, service, a job, etc.: two days off at Christmas. 1
- adverb off-and-on completely; utterly: to kill off all the inhabitants. 1
- adverb off-and-on with prompt or ready performance: to dash a letter off. 1
- adverb off-and-on to fulfillment, or into execution or effect: The contest came off on the appointed day. 1
- adverb off-and-on into nonexistence or nothingness: My headache passed off soon. 1
- adverb off-and-on so as to be delineated, divided, or apportioned: Mark it off into equal parts. 1
- adverb off-and-on away from a state of consciousness: I must have dozed off. 1
- adverb off-and-on Nautical. away from the land, a ship, the wind, etc. 1
- preposition off-and-on so as no longer to be supported by, attached to, on, resting on, or unified with: Take your feet off the table! Break a piece of bread off the loaf. 1
- preposition off-and-on deviating from: off balance; off course. 1
- preposition off-and-on below or less than the usual or expected level or standard: 20 percent off the marked price; I was off my golf game. 1
- preposition off-and-on away, disengaged, or resting from: to be off duty on Tuesdays. 1
- preposition off-and-on Informal. refraining or abstaining from; denying oneself the pleasure, company, practice, etc., of: He's off gambling. 1
- preposition off-and-on away from; apart or distant from: a village off the main road. 1
- preposition off-and-on leading into or away from: an alley off 12th Street. 1
- preposition off-and-on not fixed on or directed toward, as the gaze, eyes, etc.: Their eyes weren't off the king for a moment. 1
- preposition off-and-on Informal. from (a specified source): I bought it off a street vendor. 1
- preposition off-and-on from or of, indicating material or component parts: to lunch off cheese and fruit. 1
- preposition off-and-on from or by such means or use of: living off an inheritance; living off his parents. 1
- preposition off-and-on Nautical. at some distance to seaward of: off Cape Hatteras. 1
- adjective off-and-on in error; wrong: You are off on that point. 1
- adjective off-and-on slightly abnormal or not quite sane: He is a little off, but he's really harmless. 1
- adjective off-and-on not up to standard; not so good or satisfactory as usual; inferior or subnormal: a good play full of off moments. 1
- adjective off-and-on no longer in effect, in operation, or in process: The agreement is off. 1
- adjective off-and-on stopped from flowing, as by the closing of a valve: The electricity is off. 1
- adjective off-and-on in a specified state, circumstance, etc.: to be badly off for money. 1
- adjective off-and-on (of time) free from work or duty; nonworking: a pastime for one's off hours. 1
- adjective off-and-on not working at one's usual occupation: We're off Wednesdays during the summer. 1
- adjective off-and-on of less than the ordinary activity, liveliness, or lively interest; slack: an off season in the tourist trade. 1
- adjective off-and-on unlikely; remote; doubtful: on the off chance that we'd find her at home. 1
- adjective off-and-on more distant; farther: the off side of a wall. 1
- adjective off-and-on (of a vehicle, single animal, or pair of animals hitched side by side) of, being, or pertaining to the right as seen from the rider's or driver's viewpoint (opposed to near): the off horse; the off side. 1
- adjective off-and-on starting on one's way; leaving: I'm off to Europe on Monday. They're off and running in the third race at Aqueduct. 1
- adjective off-and-on lower in price or value; down: Stock prices were off this morning. 1
- adjective off-and-on Nautical. noting one of two like things that is the farther from the shore; seaward: the off side of the ship. 1
- adjective off-and-on Cricket. noting or pertaining to that side of the wicket or of the field opposite that on which the batsman stands. 1
- noun off-and-on the state or fact of being off. 1
- noun off-and-on Cricket. the off side. 1
- verb without object off-and-on to go off or away; leave (used imperatively): Off, and don't come back! 1