wall-to-wall

[wawl-tuh-wawl, wawl-tuh-wawl]

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

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

Word History and Origins

Origin of wall-to-wall¹

First recorded in 1945–50

Example Sentences

Several hundred people per day wait for their chance to snap its constellation of LED lights that bounce off of wall-to-wall mirrors and the shallow layer of water surrounding the viewing platform.

From Los Angeles Times

Why had the deaths of George Floyd and Jordan Neely gotten wall-to-wall media coverage, while Zarutska’s did not garner coverage in the New York Times until two weeks after her death?

From Slate

At one point, the MPs questioned what one called the BBC's "wall-to-wall coverage" of Nigel Farage and Reform.

From BBC

While the last half-hour is wall-to-wall, madcap action, the entire film is such a refreshing change of pace and tone from Aronofsky’s typically dour material that it feels like the director is intentionally turning a page.

From Salon

In a Burbank rehearsal studio, loaded almost wall-to-wall with electronics and travel cases, the three musicians of Rüfüs Du Sol are in the final hours of rehearsal for the biggest tour of their lives.

From Los Angeles Times

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