"on-off" meaning in All languages combined

See on-off on Wiktionary

Adjective [English]

Head templates: {{head|en|adjective|head=on-off}} on-off
  1. That is either fully on or fully off, and is used to toggle a status between on and off; as in an on-off switch
    Sense id: en-on-off-en-adj-~6HdVNFR Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 87 13 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 94 6 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 97 3
  2. (of a relationship) Synonym of on-again, off-again Synonyms: on-again [synonym, synonym-of], off-again [synonym, synonym-of]
    Sense id: en-on-off-en-adj-orsG6EGo
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: on/off

Alternative forms

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