far-out
unconventional; offbeat; avant-garde.
radical; extreme.
recondite or esoteric.
Origin of far-out
1Other words from far-out
- far-outness, noun
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How to use far-out in a sentence
As fluent in drug trade jargon as Martian, Future peppers his lyrics with interstellar imagery befitting of his far out vocals.
Future Makes Us Rethink Everything We Thought We Knew About Rap Artists | Luke Hopping | December 15, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTIn any case, it accommodated Pigpen very nicely; he was indeed one far-out gentleman, no doubt about it, none at all.
Some of these seemingly far out ideas are already being realized.
The other issue on which Clinton got pretty far out there was on Iran and the current nuclear negotiations.
The Tea Party wave, which would crest a few months later, still seemed far out to shore.
"I thought we hit a man," said the engineer, swinging his lantern far out into the darkness.
A Lost Hero | Elizabeth Stuart Phelps Ward and Herbert D. WardOne is that the English should have gone so far out of their way as to besiege Dunaverty so zealously, or at all.
King Robert the Bruce | A. F. MurisonThe noise reached far out over the plain and across the hills and awoke the little babes that were sleeping in their cradles.
The Awakening and Selected Short Stories | Kate ChopinHe had gone to bathe in the river, had slipped too far out, and not knowing how to swim had almost been drowned.
Kari the Elephant | Dhan Gopal MukerjiAt dawn the next day she strays far out to aPg 156 forest, where she finds a hermit.
Frdric Mistral | Charles Alfred Downer
British Dictionary definitions for far-out
/ slang /
bizarre or avant-garde
excellent; wonderful
an expression of amazement or delight
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Other Idioms and Phrases with far-out
Unusual or eccentric; very advanced. for example, Painting blindfolded, that's far out, or Her child-rearing theories are far out.
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