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oddball Definition

odd·ball (ädbôl′)

noun

Slang an eccentric, unconventional, or nonconforming person

Etymology: odd + ball

adjective

Slang strange or unconventional

oddball Usage Examples

Converse of object

  • include: The shop has a great range of fish currently available including several oddball and rare species.
  • have: We have a few oddballs ( not necessarily excluding myself!

Preposition: over

  • law: Related: Attorney General Ruddock is Oddball over anti-terrorist laws!

Adjective modifier

  • few: We have a few oddballs ( not necessarily excluding myself!
  • other: The mainstream might have abandoned Lynch in favor of other oddballs du jour, but he still has something to say.
  • several: Included in their list are several oddballs such as Dragon gobies, Black arowana and butterfly fish.
  • occasional: These days I just hear the occasional oddball mentioning white rabbits - why is that?

Modifies a noun

  • comedy: Itâs an enjoyable, if oddball comedy that is terrifically well cast.
  • character: He used to work in the magazine business in New York and was accustomed to oddball characters.
  • card: So requireing them to be enabled may prevent some people ( mostly with older or oddball video cards ) from playing.
  • family: I suppose most recently I've heard the Trachtenberg Family Slide Show [ oddball American family including twelve year old daughter on piano ] .
  • paradigm: The stimuli were presented in passive oddball paradigm to native English speakers whose brain activity was simultaneously recorded using 64-channel EEG set-up.
  • Irishman: An oddball Irishman with a definite twinkle, his Edinburgh Fringe shows are critically acclaimed sell-outs.

Modifying Another Word

  • genuinely: Once in a while you find something genuinely oddball, a sort of trove, an undreamt-of curiosity.

Noun used with modifier

  • insect: Has swept across another insect oddball too tired to.

Browse dictionary entries near oddball

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