Off And On

Definition: Off And On

Off And On

Adverb

1. Not regularly; "they phone each other off and on".

Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
 

Synonym: Off And On

Changeableness

Adverb: seesaw; (oscillation); off and on.

Irresolution

Vacillate; change; retract; fluctuate; pendulate; alternate; (oscillate); keep off and on, play fast and loose; blow hot and cold; (caprice).

Adverb: irresolutely; Adjective: irresolved, irresolvedly; in faltering accents; off and on; from pillar to post; seesaw.

Regularity of recurrence Periodicity

By turns; in turn, in rotation; alternately, every other day, off and on, ride and tie, round and round.

Crosswords: Off And On

David: Off and On (1972)

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Health

HSV remains in certain nerve cells of the body for life, and can produce symptoms off and on in some infected people. (references)

Civil Liberties

Bolivia

On July 2, demonstrations by small debtors (who had been protesting off and on for over 3 months) outside the Superintendency of Banks turned violent when protesters seized almost 100 hostages and strapped dynamite to some of them; the hostages were released early on July 3. On March 22, acting on the orders of the Minister of Government, police peacefully rounded up and returned about 50 marching protesters to the town of Cocachamba, where they were released upon arrival. (references)

Trade

Colombia

The Banco de la Republica (Central Bank) has used the prior deposit mechanism off and on since the 1960's (Decree 444). It is currently suspended. (references)

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Expression using "off and on": To stand off and on. Additional references.

Albanian

herë pas here (ever and anon, frequently, here and there, now and again, now and then, occasionally, on occasion, periodically, sometimes). (various references)

Arabic 

‏على نحو متقطع (by fits and starts, on and off), ‏بين فترة وأخري, ‏بالتناوب (alternately, by fits and starts, every other, intermittent). (various references)

Bulgarian 

от време на време (every so often, now and again, now and then, occasionally, once in a while, periodically). (various references)

Chinese 

斷斷續續 (intermittent, intermittently; off and on manner). (various references)

Czech

tu a tam (every now and then, here and there, now and then, occasionally, on and off, once in a way). (various references)

French

par intervalles (on and off), par intermittence, de temps � autre (on and off). (various references)

German

ab und zu (every now and then, from time to time, now and again, now and then, on and off, once in a way, once in a while). (various references)

Greek 

κατά διαστήματα (at intervals, on and off). (various references)

Hebrew 

מפעם לפעם, מזמן לזמן (every once in a while, occasionally), לסרו�'ין (alternately, by fits and starts, every other, fitful, in instalments, intermittently, on and off). (various references)

Hungarian

ki-be kapcsol. (various references)

Indonesian

tak tetap. (various references)

Italian

di tanto in tanto. (various references)

Pig Latin

offay anday onay

Portuguese

de vez em quando (now and then, on and off, on occasion, once in a while, sometimes, whiles). (various references)

Romanian

cu întreruperi (by fits and starts, fitful). (various references)

Russian 

время от времени (at odd times, from time to time, from time-to-time, now and again, now and then, occasionally, on and again, on and off, periodically, time after time). (various references)

Serbo-Croatian

neredovno (inordinately), na mahove (intermittently, remittent), katkad. (various references)

Spanish

de vez en cuando (at intervals, betweentimes, ever and anon, every now and then, now and again, now and then, occasionally, on occasion, once in a while), a ratos, a intervalos (at intervals, on and off). (various references)

Swedish

då och då (at odd moments, at odd times, every now and again, every now and then, from time to time, now and then, occasionally, on and off, on occasion, once and away, once in a while). (various references)

Turkish

bazen (between whiles, betweentimes, betweenwhiles, ever and anon, from time to time, now and again, now and then, occasionally, sometime, sometimes), ara sıra (between whiles, betweentimes, betweenwhiles, by snatches, ever and anon, every now and then, every once in a while, from time to time, in places, in snatches, now and again, now and then, occasionally, on and off, on occasion, once in a while, sometimes). (various references)

Ukrainian

час від часу (ever and anon, ever end again, now and again, now and then, on and off, once in a while). (various references)

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

-3 letters: donna, fanon.

-4 letters: anon, daff, doff, dona, fado, fano, fond, food, nona, noon.

-5 letters: ado, aff, and, don, fad, fan, fon, nan, nod, noo, oaf, off.