wall-to-wall

American  

[wawl-tuh-wawl, wawl-tuh-wawl] / ˈwɔl təˈwɔl, ˈwɔl təˌwɔl /

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.

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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 British  

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

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Etymology

Origin of wall-to-wall

First recorded in 1945–50

Example Sentences

For months, government officials have quietly questioned who is financing the wall-to-wall marketing blitz.

From Los Angeles Times

It strikes me that standing among Thomas’ wall-to-wall collection of eye-popping bric-à-brac — all of it painstakingly organized by color — is not unlike living in Hebron, a place haunted by fragments of its past.

From Salon

And thanks to wall-to-wall coverage on CNN, everyone around the world knew about it.

From Slate

Firstly, they had, perhaps naively, imagined that the briefings would generate some news, but not wall-to-wall headline news.

From BBC

It has pumped enormous amounts of money into facilities and enabled clubs to attract some of the most gifted players in world football, but it is the intensive TV coverage and its forensic analysis and wall-to-wall punditry debates that led to the birth of VAR.

From BBC

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