Out-of-bounds

2 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  out-of-bounds \out-of-bounds\ adj.
     1. (Sports) outside the delimited playing field. [Narrower
        terms: {foul (vs. fair) ] WordNet 1.5]
  
     2. barred to a designated group. [predicate]
  


     Syn: off-limits.
          [WordNet 1.5]
  
     3. Beyond the limits of the expected standard of taste or
        propriety; as, an out-of-bounds remark.
        [PJC]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  out-of-bounds
       adj 1: outside the foul lines
       2: barred to a designated group; "that area is off-limits"
          [syn: {off-limits}, {out-of-bounds(p)}]