off the hook

prepositional phrase

Published on April 4, 2020, 5:07 a.m.

unrestrained;

exciting;

excellent

Antonyms booty, bootylicious, wack, wick-wack

Collocates shook⁴, off the chain², bitch², off the heezy², spot², yo², -ass, A.T.L., ayo, banger, bopper, buster, cheeba, clique, club, dog, don mega, dope, drop, fa sheezy, for real, fuck with, hater, hood, jook, pop, put it down, shit, shot, soft, squad, swag, throwed, wifey, four pound, peep

Derivatives off the heezy

Domains Everyday

Etymology perhaps from the telephone expression to ring off the hook

Synonyms cavi, crunk, def, dope, fresh, hot, hype, John Blaze, John Blazed, John Blazin, off the chain, off the heezy, off the hizzle, off the hizzy, peng, spank, tight

Related words off the chain, off the meat rack

Timeline

1994-11-22 Redman "Slide & Rock On" [Dare Iz A Darkside]
My shit be way off the hook like pay phones, dial tone!
1995-07-25 Bone Thugs-n-Harmony "Crept & We Came" [E. 1999 Eternal]
I'm off the hook when I put it down, Bone
1995-10-24 Ant Banks "Bay Area Massacre" feat. Gangsta P, Jock, Mr. Ill, Rappin' Ron [Do Or Die]
Shit, I'm off the hook now

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