off-and-on

from WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006)

off-and-on
    adj 1: intermittently stopping and starting; "fitful (or
           interrupted) sleep"; "off-and-on static" [syn: {fitful},
           {interrupted}, {off-and-on(a)}]

from The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

off-and-on \off-and-on\ adj.
   discontinuous; not continuous. Opposite of {continuous}.
   [prenominal]

   Syn: interrupted.
        [WordNet 1.5]

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