way-out

Definitions

General English

• adjective strange, exciting

Idiom

• (written as way out)
  odd; eccentric; fashionably different

Slang

• adjective extreme, excessive, exotic, eccentric. A vogue term first among pre-World War II jazz aficionados, later among beatniks. The phrase was picked up by more conventional speakers to refer to unorthodox behaviour and has become a fairly common, if dated expression.

Nearby Definitions of “way-out”

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Contexts for “way-out”

3 definitions in context
• General English
• Idiom
• Slang