oddball
[od-bawl]Informal.
- a person or thing that is atypical, bizarre, eccentric, or nonconforming, especially one having beliefs that are unusual but harmless.
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- whimsically free-spirited; eccentric; atypical: an oddball scheme.
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Origin of oddball
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Contemporary Examples of oddball
Last year, Chappelle spent an evening on the Oddball Comedy Tour in Hartford, Conn., being heckled and booed off stage.
The exception was this oddball panel entitled, “Risking it All: Why Championship Athletes Dope and What it Means for Sport.”
These oddball questions will have you pondering life, luck, and pizza delivery men.
Can You Answer These 10 Oddball Job Interview Questions Asked at America’s Top Tech Companies?Brian Ries
January 17, 2014
Before that it was just there—but it always had that oddball character.
But beneath this oddball kumbaya story lies a contradiction.
Historical Examples of oddball
His father, Vanneman Porter, had been an oddball in his own way, too.
By ProxyGordon Randall Garrett
Somewhere up in the house is this oddball Maxwell who hides out all the time.
The Fourth RGeorge Oliver Smith
oddball
- Also called: odd bod, odd fish a strange or eccentric person
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- strange or peculiar
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Word Origin and History for oddball
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