- way-out
- adjectiveinformal terms; strikingly unconventional• 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]* * *
way-outˈ adjective (informal)1. Excellent, very satisfying, exceptional2. Eccentric, unconventional, avant-garde, exotic3. Rapt, lost, carried away, orig in performing avant-garde jazz• • •Main Entry: ↑way* * *
very strange or unusualThesaurus: unusual in a strange waysynonym* * *
way-out «WAY OWT», adjective.Slang. far-out.* * *
adj. informal regarded as extremely unconventional, unusual, or avant-garde* * *
/ˈweıˈaʊt/ adj [more \way-out; most \way-out]informal : very strange or unusualan extremist with some way-out [=far-out] ideas
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unusual or strange•
way-out ideas
Useful english dictionary. 2012.