such as an aeroplane following a radio beam. off-beam (comparative more off-beam, superlative most off-beam) Off course; by extension, mistaken or irrelevant...
off the beam (slang) Crazy; insane. 2012, Matthew P. Mayo, Sourdoughs, Claim Jumpers & Dry Gulchers, page 163: “They all thought I was off the beam.”...
See also: Beam and BEAM From Middle English beem, from Old English bēam (“tree, cross, gallows, column, pillar, wood, beam, splint, post, stock, rafter...
than when on the normal (low-beam) setting. Synonyms: full-beam, upper-beam, main beam, (plural) brights Antonyms: low-beam, dim light, dipped headlight...
(informal) off the mark, wide of the mark, off-beam, off-the-wall; beside the point, beside the mark être à côté de la plaque ― to be off the mark répondre...
clearances this T-1-a mounts pumps, headlight and bell on the pilot beam and carries a squared-off sandbox and a naked Coffin feedwater heater. 1979, A History...
(music): The way your smile just beams / The way you sing off-key / The way you haunt my dreams / No, no—they can't take that away from me offkey key off...
→ISBN, page 44: Ramirez hit a laser beam home run into the right center field seats leading the 10th inning off Boston closer Ken Ryan 2005, Dallas Woodburn...
From off- + beam. offbeam (comparative more offbeam, superlative most offbeam) Not onbeam. Not in line with excited parallel neurofibers. 1976 January...
intransitive suru (stem 発(はっ)し (hasshi), past 発(はっ)した (hasshita)) emit, give off, beam Conjugation of "発する" (See Appendix:Japanese verbs.) 端(たん)を発(はっ)する (tan...