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wall-to-wall

American  
[wawl-tuh-wawl, wawl-tuh-wawl] / ˈwɔl təˈwɔl, ˈwɔl təˌwɔl /

adjective

  1. covering the entire floor from one wall to another.

    wall-to-wall carpeting.

  2. Informal. occupying a space or period of time completely.

    The dance floor was crowded with wall-to-wall dancers. With no commercial interruptions, the telecast of the game was wall-to-wall action.

  3. Informal. being available everywhere; full of or saturated with something specified.

    Las Vegas offers wall-to-wall gambling. Her life has been wall-to-wall misery.

adverb

  1. from one side to the other; to overflowing.

    The store was jammed wall-to-wall with late shoppers.

noun

  1. a wall-to-wall carpet.

wall-to-wall British  

adjective

  1. (of carpeting) completely covering a floor

  2. informal as far as the eye can see; widespread

    wall-to-wall sales in the high street shops
"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

Etymology

Origin of wall-to-wall

First recorded in 1945–50

Example Sentences

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Much more important than the wall-to-wall TV coverage of roadside bombs and body bags was the ongoing deflation of the dot-com bubble.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 29, 2026

Nancy Guthrie's disappearance has garnered wall-to-wall coverage in US media, with dozens of reporters and camera crews descending on the quiet Arizona suburb where she lives.

From Barron's • Feb. 6, 2026

An eyewitness described "wall-to-wall" blue lights and said conditions were "bitter and freezing".

From BBC • Jan. 2, 2026

It strikes me that standing among Thomas’ wall-to-wall collection of eye-popping bric-à-brac — all of it painstakingly organized by color — is not unlike living in Hebron, a place haunted by fragments of its past.

From Salon • Dec. 18, 2025

The complete patio set—called "masculine salmon" on a manufacturer's tag sticking out from one of the cheap metal chairs—has cut distinct circles in the wall-to-wall carpeting.

From "Counting by 7s" by Holly Goldberg Sloan

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