Wall-to-wall
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Part of speech adjective
Quick meaning: Wall-to-wall is an adjective meaning Of carpeting, that covers all of the floor of a room.
Meaning
Of carpeting, that covers all of the floor of a room.
More Meanings
- (informal, idiomatic) Pervasive, ubiquitous, or unremitting.
- (informal, idiomatic) Of a space, full or crowded.
Example Sentences
The TV showed wall-to-wall coverage of the bombing.
The airport was wall-to-wall with impatient passengers.
We all know how genius “Kamp Krusty,” “A Streetcar Named Marge,” “Homer The Heretic,” “Itchy & Scratchy: The Movie” and “Mr. Plow” are, but even the relatively unheralded episodes offer wall-to-wall laughs.
The set is hot, there's people wall to wall / Old ones, young things, short ones standing tall / So grab the one with the smiling faces / And hit the floor and stay right on the cases / The heat is on and the funk just won't leave us alone
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include all-over, all-out, soup-to-nuts, full-length, all around, areawide.
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