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oddball

[ od-bawl ]

noun

  1. a person or thing that is atypical, bizarre, eccentric, or nonconforming, especially one having beliefs that are unusual but harmless.


adjective

  1. whimsically free-spirited; eccentric; atypical:

    an oddball scheme.

oddball

/ ˈɒdˌbɔːl /

noun

  1. Also calledodd bododd fish a strange or eccentric person


adjective

  1. strange or peculiar

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Word History and Origins

Origin of oddball1

An Americanism dating back to 1940–45; odd + ball 1

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Example Sentences

And with a multi-facetted oddball like John Lurie, most deservedly so.

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.

Before that it was just there—but it always had that oddball character.

Somewhere up in the house is this oddball Maxwell who hides out all the time.

His father, Vanneman Porter, had been an oddball in his own way, too.

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