over-the-transom adjective Trending Now: More Trending: hirsute op-ed collegiality mistrial hogwash SEE ALL See What's Trending Now See More Trending Words What's Trending Now More Trending Words hirsute 'hairy' op-ed 'a page of special features usually opposite the editorial page' collegiality 'the cooperative relationship of colleagues' mistrial 'a trial that terminates without a verdict' hogwash 'nonsense, balderdash' SEE ALL Time Traveler! Explore the year a word first appeared Definition of over-the-transom : offered without prior arrangement especially for publication : unsolicited an over-the-transom manuscript First Known Use of over-the-transom circa 1952 in the meaning defined above See Words from the same year NEW! Time Traveler Seen and Heard What made you want to look up over-the-transom? Please tell us where you read or heard it (including the quote, if possible). show hide