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[ od -bawl ] SHOW IPA
/ ˈɒdˌbɔl / PHONETIC RESPELLING
Informal .SEE SYNONYMS FOR oddball ON THESAURUS.COM
noun a person or thing that is atypical, bizarre, eccentric, or nonconforming, especially one having beliefs that are unusual but harmless.
adjective whimsically free-spirited; eccentric; atypical: an oddball scheme.
Origin of oddball An Americanism dating back to 1940–45; odd + ball1
Words nearby oddball odah, odalisque, Oda Nobunaga, O'Day, odd, oddball , odd couple, odd-even check, Odd Fellow, oddish, oddity
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Example sentences from the Web for oddball Last year, Chappelle spent an evening on the Oddball Comedy Tour in Hartford, Conn., being heckled and booed off stage.
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Before that it was just there—but it always had that oddball character.
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But beneath this oddball kumbaya story lies a contradiction.
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Somewhere up in the house is this oddball Maxwell who hides out all the time.
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His father, Vanneman Porter, had been an oddball in his own way, too.
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British Dictionary definitions for oddball noun Also called: odd bod , odd fish a strange or eccentric person
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