extra

Etymology

Abbreviation of extraordinary.

adj

1. (not comparable) Beyond what is due, usual, expected, or necessary; extraneous; additional; supernumerary.
   I don't mind doing some extra work, as long as I get extra pay.
2. (not comparable, dated) Extraordinarily good; superior.
3. (comparable, slang) Over the top; going beyond what is normal or appropriate, often in a dramatic manner.
   You unfollowed her for posting cat memes? You're so extra!
   Wow, you're more extra than she is. You're the most extra friend I have.
   I highly recommend getting some more bread on the side—they offer small loaves and soup crackers for free, but I'm so extra, I bought my own loaf. 2017, Yael Livneh, "Whole Foods", in "Get The Inside Soup: Staffers Review Local Soup Stops", 3 February 2017, page 23
   Shattered glass, pierced, bejewelled, chromed and glittered - nails are going totally extra on Insta at the minute and we approve. 2017 November, Claire Craig, “#Instabeauty”, in Northern Woman, page 48
   Two months of Christmas trees, Christmas movies and Christmas music brings so much fun to our home, we are so extra with it! 2019, Michelle Spottswood, quoted in Kirby Myers, "Does Christmas in your house start before or after Thanksgiving", Key West Weekly, 21 November 2019, page 7

det

1. Denotes more.
   She wants extra pickles on her burger.

adv

1. (informal) To an extraordinary degree.
   That day he ran to school extra fast.

noun

1. Something additional, such as an item above and beyond the ordinary school curriculum, or added to the usual charge on a bill.
2. An extra edition of a newspaper, which is printed outside of the normal printing cycle, for example to report an important late-breaking event.
   Extra, extra! Read all about it!
3. (cricket) A run scored without the ball having hit the striker's bat - a wide, bye, leg bye or no ball.
4. (acting) A supernumerary or walk-on in a film or play.
5. (slang) The state or trait of being over the top, of behaving in an overly dramatic manner.
   Stop! I can't deal with all your extra today!
6. Something of an extra quality or grade.