From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary Englishoff-the-wallˌoff-the-ˈwall adjective informal STRANGEvery strange or unusual, often in an amusing way an off-the-wall concept
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off-the-wall• Barkley was known for his sometimes outrageous and often off-the-wall commentary.• No idea was too off-the-wall, no scheme too madcap.• Extra effects provide various industrial and ambient noises, along with off-the-wall sounds which work well in contemporary rhythmic contexts.off the walloff the wallinformal very strange or unusual, often in an amusing way Some of Krista’s ideas are a little off the wall. → wallExamples from the Corpus
off the wall• The noise of conversation from the hall below bounced off the walls around them.• Before I could grasp what was happening, I had bounced off the wall and was crumpling on to the floor in pain.• I jumped down off the wall and joined my sister who was standing behind them listening.• A Whitney Houston tape echoed off the walls.• There's a woman just up the road so I hop off the wall and run after her.• The husband tried to seize a portrait of her, an oil painting, rip it right off the wall. 