OFF AND ON meaning: Intermittently, with breaks in continuity

We found 19 dictionaries that define the word off and on:

General (17 matching dictionaries)

off and on: Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
off-and-on, off and on: Merriam-Webster
off and on: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
off and on: Collins English Dictionary
off-and-on, off and on: Vocabulary.com
off-and-on: Wordnik
off and on: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
off and on: Wiktionary
off and on: Dictionary.com
off and on: Rhymezone
OFF AND ON: Dictionary of Americanisms (1848)
off-and-on, off and on: FreeDictionary.org
off-and-on, off and on: Mnemonic Dictionary
off-and-on, off and on: TheFreeDictionary.com
Off and on, off-and-on: Dictionary.com

Slang (1 matching dictionary)

off and on: Green’s Dictionary of Slang

Tech (1 matching dictionary)

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Definitions from Wiktionary (off and on)

▸ adverb: (nautical) On different tacks, now toward, and now away from, the land.
▸ adverb: Alternative form of on and off [(idiomatic) Intermittently.]

Opposite:

continuous, constant, steady, uninterrupted, unbroken

Types:

intermittent, periodic, sporadic, intermittent light, flickering light, more...

Phrases:

to stand off and on, turned off and on, turn off and on again, switch off and on, more...

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