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Wordnet 3.0

ADJECTIVE (1)

1. intermittently stopping and starting;
- Example: "fitful (or interrupted) sleep"
- Example: "off-and-on static"
[syn: fitful, interrupted, off-and-on(a)]


The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

off-and-on \off-and-on\ adj. discontinuous; not continuous. Opposite of continuous. [prenominal] Syn: interrupted. [WordNet 1.5]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

off-and-on adj 1: intermittently stopping and starting; "fitful (or interrupted) sleep"; "off-and-on static" [syn: fitful, interrupted, off-and-on(a)]