'off and on' definitions:
Definition of 'off and on'
(from WordNet)
adverb
Not regularly; "they phone each other off and on" [syn: off and on, on and off]
Synonyms of 'off and on'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- alternately,
- at irregular intervals,
- at random,
- back and forth,
- backward and forward,
- backwards and forwards,
- brokenly,
- by catches,
- by fits,
- by jerks,
- by snatches,
- by turns,
- capriciously,
- changeably,
- desultorily,
- disconnectedly,
- discontinuously,
- eccentrically,
- erratically,
- every other,
- fitfully,
- haltingly,
- hitch and hike,
- in and out,
- in rotation,
- in snatches,
- in spots,
- in turns,
- inconstantly,
- intermittently,
- irregularly,
- jerkily,
- lurchingly,
- make and break,
- nonuniformly,
- on and off,
- patchily,
- reciprocally,
- ride and tie,
- roughly,
- round and round,
- seesaw,
- shuttlewise,
- spasmodically,
- sporadically,
- spottily,
- to and fro,
- turn about,
- uncertainly,
- unevenly,
- unmethodically,
- unpredictably,
- unrhythmically,
- unsteadfastly,
- unsteadily,
- unsystematically,
- up and down,
- variably,
- waveringly,
- whimsically,
- wobblingly