something else

noun — 3 senses

something else

noun
1

Literally Another unspecified item, perhaps not yet known or decided upon.

  • It's a bracket for a camera at the moment, but it could be turned into a bracket for something else.2022 September 21, Brendan Rice, “Ready for inspection”, in RAIL, number 966, page 61:
2

Informal Something exceptional, out of the ordinary, unusual.

  • My mother's cooking is something else!
  • Before Ladybug could answer, Chico said, “Man, you’re something else. Do you really think that tall and skinny is good looking? […]”2010, Mary Ann Hutchison, Moochi’s Mariachis, Pen & Publish, →ISBN, page 42:
3

Informal A person or thing that is outstandingly unfavorable.

  • You mean to tell me you let those kids walk all the way home? At night in the rain? Man, you're really something else.

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