way-out

way-out
adjective
informal terms; strikingly unconventional
• Syn: ↑far-out, ↑kinky, ↑offbeat, ↑quirky
• Similar to: ↑unconventional
• Derivationally related forms: ↑quirk (for: ↑quirky), ↑quirkiness (for: ↑quirky), ↑kink (for: ↑kinky)

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/way"owt"/, adj. Informal.
1. advanced in style or technique: way-out jazz.
2. exotic or esoteric in character: way-out theories on nutrition.
[1950-55; adj. use of way out far off; see WAY2, OUT]

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way-outˈ adjective (informal)
1. Excellent, very satisfying, exceptional
2. Eccentric, unconventional, avant-garde, exotic
3. Rapt, lost, carried away, orig in performing avant-garde jazz
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Main Entry: ↑way

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way-out UK US adjective informal
very strange or unusual
Thesaurus: unusual in a strange waysynonym

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way-out «WAY OWT», adjective.
Slang. far-out.

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adj. informal regarded as extremely unconventional, unusual, or avant-garde

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/ˈweıˈaʊt/ adj [more \way-out; most \way-out]
informal : very strange or unusual

an extremist with some way-out [=far-out] ideas

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ˌway-ˈout [way-out] adjective (old-fashioned, informal)
unusual or strange
Syn: ↑weird

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way-out ideas


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