far out

far out
1. mod. cool; great; extraordinary.
This jazz is really far out!
You want to hear some far out heavy metal?
2. mod. very hard to understand; arcane; highly theoretical.
This stuff is too far out for me.
I can’t follow your far out line of reasoning.
3. mod. alcohol or drug intoxicated.
How’d you get so far out?
Three beers and Wally was really far out.

Dictionary of American slang and colloquial expressions. 2015.

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  • far out — also far out, 1887, remote, distant; from FAR (Cf. far) + OUT (Cf. out). Slang sense of excellent, wonderful, is from 1954, originally in jazz talk …   Etymology dictionary

  • far-out — /ˈfar aʊt/ (say fahr owt) adjective 1. Colloquial fantastic; wonderful. 2. Colloquial extremely unconventional. 3. remote from a major centre of population: even far out squatters heard the news. Also, (in predicative use), far out …  

  • far-out|er — «FAHR OW tuhr», noun. Informal. a person who is far out; very unconventional person: »Only the most hardy far outers wear them [overcoats] as short or shorter than their skirts (Sunday Times) …   Useful english dictionary

  • far-out — adj. strikingly unconventional. [informal] Syn: kinky, offbeat, quirky, way out. [WordNet 1.5] …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • far-out — adj very strange or unusual = ↑weird ▪ Tim s designs were just far out …   Dictionary of contemporary English

  • far-out — far out; far out·ness; …   English syllables

  • far-out — far′ out′ adj. Slang. 1) sts unconventional; offbeat; avant garde 2) sts radical; extreme • Etymology: 1950–55 far′ out′ness, n …   From formal English to slang

  • far-out — ☆ far out [fär′out′] adj. Informal very advanced, experimental, or nonconformist; esp., avant garde …   English World dictionary

  • far-out — [adj] very unconventional boss*, cool*, deep*, excellent, fabulous, fantastic, groovy*, hip*, neat, nifty, rad*, sensational, strange, super, swell, trendy, unorthodox, way out, weird, wild, wonderful; concept 572 …   New thesaurus

  • far-out — adjective 1. ) INFORMAL very strange 2. ) INFORMAL OLD FASHIONED very good …   Usage of the words and phrases in modern English

  • far out — ► ADJECTIVE 1) unconventional or avant garde. 2) informal, dated excellent …   English terms dictionary

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