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odd

  [od] adjective, -er, -est, noun
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–adjective
1. differing in nature from what is ordinary, usual, or expected: an odd choice.
2. singular or peculiar in a strange or eccentric way: an odd person; odd manners.
3. fantastic; bizarre: Her taste in clothing was rather odd.
4. leaving a remainder of 1 when divided by 2, as a number (opposed to even ): Numbers like 3, 15, and 181 are odd numbers.
5. more or less, esp. a little more (used in combination with a round number): I owe three hundred-odd dollars.
6. being a small amount in addition to what is counted or specified: I have five gross and a few odd dozens.
7. being part of a pair, set, or series of which the rest is lacking: an odd glove.
8. remaining after all others are paired, grouped, or divided into equal numbers or parts: Everybody gets two hamburgers and I get the odd one.
9. left over after all others are used, consumed, etc.
10. (of a pair) not matching: Do you know you're wearing an odd pair of socks?
11. not forming part of any particular group, set, or class: to pick up odd bits of information.
12. not regular, usual, or full-time; occasional; casual: odd jobs.
13. out-of-the-way; secluded: a tour to the odd parts of the Far East.
14. Mathematics. (of a function) having a sign that changes when the sign of each independent variable is changed at the same time.
–noun
15. something that is odd.
16. Golf.
a. a stroke more than the opponent has played.
b. British. a stroke taken from a player's total score for a hole in order to give him or her odds.
Origin:
1300–50; ME odde < ON oddi odd (number)

Related forms:
oddly, adverb
oddness, noun

Synonyms:
1. extraordinary, unusual, rare, uncommon. See strange.

Antonyms:
1. ordinary, usual, common.

OD

  [oh-dee] noun, plural ODs or OD's, verb, OD'd or ODed or OD'ed, OD'ing or OD⋅ing.
–noun
1. an overdose of a drug, esp. a fatal one.
2. a person who has taken an overdose of a drug, esp. one who has become seriously ill or has died from such an overdose.
–verb (used without object)
3. to take an overdose of a drug.
4. to die from an an overdose of a drug.
5. to have or experience an excessive amount or degree of something.
Origin:
1955–60

Od

  [od]
–interjection Archaic.
a shortened form of “God” (used interjectionally and in minced oaths).
Also, 'Od, Odd.

Origin:
1590–1600
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Od or Odd   (ŏd)   
interj.   Archaic
Used as a mild oath.

[Alteration of God.]
odd   (ŏd)   
adj.   odd·er, odd·est
  1. Deviating from what is ordinary, usual, or expected; strange or peculiar: an odd name; odd behavior. See Synonyms at strange.
  2. Being in excess of the indicated or approximate number, extent, or degree. Often used in combination: invited 30-odd guests.
    1. Constituting a remainder: had some odd dollars left over.
    2. Small in amount: jingled the odd change in my pockets.
    3. Being one of an incomplete pair or set: an odd shoe.
    4. Remaining after others have been paired or grouped.
    1. Being one of an incomplete pair or set: an odd shoe.
    2. Remaining after others have been paired or grouped.
  5. Mathematics Designating an integer not divisible by two, such as 1, 3, and 5.
  6. Not expected, regular, or planned: called at odd intervals.
  7. Remote; out-of-the-way: found the antique shop in an odd corner of town.
n.  
  1. Something odd.
  2. Sports
    1. In the United States, a golf score one stroke higher than the score of one's opponent.
    2. In Great Britain, a stroke added to a superior golfer's score or a stroke taken away from an inferior golfer's score in order to equalize the chances of winning a match.

[Middle English odde, from Old Norse oddi, point of land, triangle, odd number.]
odd'ly adv., odd'ness n.
Odd   (ŏd)   
interj.  Variant of Od.
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Odd

Odd\, a. [Compar. Odder; superl. Oddest.] [OE. odde, fr.Icel. oddi a tongue of land, a triangle, an odd number (from the third or odd angle, or point, of a triangle), orig., a point, tip; akin to Icel. oddr point, point of a weapon, Sw. udda odd, udd point, Dan. od, AS. ord, OHG. ort, G. ort place (cf. E. point, for change of meaning).]

1. Not paired with another, or remaining over after a pairing; without a mate; unmatched; single; as, an odd shoe; an odd glove.

2. Not divisible by 2 without a remainder; not capable of being evenly paired, one unit with another; as, 1, 3, 7, 9, 11, etc., are odd numbers.

I hope good luck lies in odd numbers. --Shak.

3. Left over after a definite round number has been taken or mentioned; indefinitely, but not greatly, exceeding a specified number; extra.

Sixteen hundred and odd years after the earth was made, it was destroyed in a deluge. --T. Burnet.

There are yet missing of your company Some few odd lads that you remember not. --Shak.

4. Remaining over; unconnected; detached; fragmentary; hence, occasional; inconsiderable; as, odd jobs; odd minutes; odd trifles.

5. Different from what is usual or common; unusual; singular; peculiar; unique; strange. "An odd action." --Shak. "An odd expression." --Thackeray.

The odd man, to perform all things perfectly, is, in my poor opinion, Joannes Sturmius. --Ascham.

Patients have sometimes coveted odd things. --Arbuthnot.

Locke's Essay would be a very odd book for a man to make himself master of, who would get a reputation by critical writings. --Spectator.

Syn: Quaint; unmatched; singular; unusual; extraordinary; strange; queer; eccentric, whimsical; fantastical; droll; comical. See Quaint.
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Language Translation for : odd
Spanish: extraño, raro,
German: sonderbar,
Japanese: 変った
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odd 
c.1300, "constituting a unit in excess of an even number," from O.N. oddi "third or additional number," as in odda-maðr "third man, odd man (who gives the casting vote)," odda-tala "odd number." O.N. oddi means lit. "point, angle;" related via notion of "triangle" to oddr "point of a weapon," from P.Gmc. *uzdaz "pointed upward" (cf. O.E. ord "point of a weapon, spear, source, beginning," O.Fris. ord "point, place," Du. oord "place, region," O.H.G. ort "point," Ger. Ort "place"), from PIE *uzdho- (cf. Lith. us-nis "thistle"). None of the other languages, however, shows the O.N. development from "point" to "third number." Used from 1382 to indicate a surplus over any given sum. Sense of "strange, peculiar" first attested 1588 from notion of "odd one out, unpaired one of three" (attested earlier, c.1400, as "singular" in a positive sense of "renowned, rare, choice"); oddball "eccentric or unconventional person" first attested 1948. Odd job (c.1770) is so called from notion of "not regular." Odd lot "incomplete or random set" is from 1897. The international order of Odd Fellows began as local social clubs in England, late 18c., with Masonic-type trappings; formally organized 1813 in Manchester.
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Main Entry: ODD
Function: abbreviation
oppositional defiant disorder
Merriam-Webster's Medical Dictionary, © 2002 Merriam-Webster, Inc.
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odd   (ŏd)  Pronunciation Key 
Divisible by 2 with a remainder of 1, such as 17 or -103.
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Stop the Bad Behavior
 Highly praised behavioral program for parents of ODD kids.
 www.TheTotalTransformation.com
Is Your Child Defiant?
 How To Parent A Child With Oppositional Defiant Disorder (ODD)
 www.MyOutOfControlTeen.com