extra

Less common meanings

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   too dramaticadjectiveslang

   Behaving in an overly dramatic or attention-seeking way; going beyond what the situation calls for.

   Renting a limousine just to go grocery shopping is so extra.

   He got extra about the seating chart, redoing it five times.

   Similardramatic, excessive, over-the-top, theatrical

   Oppositelow-key, chill

   Note

   Slang turned the word into a mild accusation: someone who is extra makes too much of everything, from a bread order to a manicure.

   Wow, you're more extra than she is.

   You're the most extra friend I have.

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   special editionnouncountable

   A special newspaper edition printed outside the normal cycle to report important late-breaking news.

   When the big news broke late at night, the city paper rushed out an extra for the morning crowds.

   Vendors waved the evening extra, shouting about the sudden resignation.

   Note

   The street cry "Extra, extra! Read all about it!" is this noun shouted twice, the vendor's way of announcing an edition printed outside the usual cycle. Grammatically it is the adjective with its noun dropped. An extra edition became simply an extra, countable like any other noun: the evening extra, two extras in one day. Source

   Checked 31 Oct 2026 · 2 facts

   • Street vendors shouted “Extra, extra! Read all about it!” to advertise newspaper extras. en.wikipedia.org
   • A newspaper extra is an edition published outside the regular schedule. en.wikipedia.org
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   dramatic stuffnounslanguncountable

   The quality or habit of behaving in an overly dramatic, attention-seeking way.

   I love my cousin, but all the extra at her birthday party, from the fog machine to the costume change, was a lot.

   My roommate brings so much extra to every small argument that I just walk away now.

   Similardrama, theatrics, histrionics

   Note

   The slang adjective became a noun for the behavior itself, so a person's extra is their surplus of drama.

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   cricket runnouncountable

   In cricket, a run added to the batting side's total but not credited to any batter, such as a wide, bye, leg bye, no-ball or penalty run.

   England's innings included twelve extras, mostly leg byes.

   The bowler conceded an extra by sending a wide down the leg side.

   UsageUsually plural on a scorecard (twelve extras); a bowler concedes extras.

   Similarsundry

   Note

   Cricket uses the word for runs that nobody batted for. Wides, byes, leg byes and no-balls count toward the batting side's total but are credited to no individual batter.

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   adjectivedated

   Extraordinarily good; of superior quality.

   Similarsuperior, excellent, exceptional

   Oppositeinferior

   Note

   Here the word stays closest to its source, extraordinary, praising something as exceptionally fine rather than simply additional. The use is now dated. A modern reader is more likely to take extra quality to mean merely "more", or in conversation to hear the slang "over the top" meaning. Source

   Checked 2 Nov 2026 · 1 fact

   • Extra is a shortening of extraordinary. en.wiktionary.org
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    punishment dutynounSingaporecountable

    In military camps, a day of additional duties assigned as punishment, often served over the weekend.

    The sergeant handed him an extra for his untidy bunk.

    Several soldiers were given extras after failing inspection.

    UsageThe set phrase is sign extra, with no article.

    Note

    In Singapore's military camps, the word names punishment by duty. A soldier who breaks the rules may be handed extras, days of additional work often served over the weekend. Outside that setting, the word would simply be read as "something additional." Source

    Checked 2 Nov 2026 · 2 facts

    • In Singapore's military, extras are days of additional duties imposed as punishment, often served over weekends. en.wiktionary.org
    • A soldier can receive an extra for breaking a rule. thensxp.com
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    nounrare

    A product or item classed at a higher grade or quality than the standard.