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View synonyms for wall-to-wall

wall-to-wall

[ adjective adverb wawl-tuh-wawl; noun wawl-tuh-wawl ]

adjective

  1. covering the entire floor from one wall to another:

    wall-to-wall carpeting.

  2. Informal. occupying a space or period of time completely:

    The dance floor was crowded with wall-to-wall dancers. With no commercial interruptions, the telecast of the game was wall-to-wall action.

  3. Informal. being available everywhere; full of or saturated with something specified:

    Las Vegas offers wall-to-wall gambling. Her life has been wall-to-wall misery.



adverb

  1. from one side to the other; to overflowing:

    The store was jammed wall-to-wall with late shoppers.

noun

  1. a wall-to-wall carpet.

wall-to-wall

adjective

  1. (of carpeting) completely covering a floor
  2. informal.
    as far as the eye can see; widespread

    wall-to-wall sales in the high street shops

“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Word History and Origins

Origin of wall-to-wall1

First recorded in 1945–50
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Example Sentences

But the GOP went wild with the he called all Trump supporters “garbage” interpretation, with Fox News giving it 9/11–like, wall-to-wall coverage, and Trump playing around in a garbage truck ahead of a rally the next day.

From Slate

The Democrat’s wall-to-wall TV advertising is blunter still, showing Chavez-DeRemer with glowering images of the ex-president, his mini-me running mate, JD Vance, and scenes from the Jan. 6 attack on the Capitol.

“The Universal Theory” is overlong and ultimately a work more of the head than the heart, no matter how much that wall-to-wall throwback score swells with intention.

Pesto has reached an audience of billions - dominating social media algorithms, securing wall-to-wall breakfast TV coverage in the US and UK, and drawing travellers from around the globe to Melbourne’s Sea Life Aquarium.

From BBC

The centerpiece of the area is its 150-foot wall-to-wall digital display, which can show multiple games — the one showing in the dome, as well as whatever other key matches are happening at that time.

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