on air

Meaning

Prepositional phrase

• Broadcasting or transmitting through the medium of radio or television.
• Being, or so as to be, broadcast or transmitted by radio or television.
• Smoothly; gracefully.
• Happily.
• Won with a high card though capturing only small cards.

Related

Similar words

• on the air

Opposite words

• off air

Origin

• Broadcasting sense derived from early use of radio, literally sending the transmission on the air waves