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oddball

[ od-bawl ]

/ ˈɒdˌbɔl /

Informal.

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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

odd-lotter, odd-man, odd-man rush, odd-pinnate, odd-toed ungulate, oddball, oddfellow, oddish, oddity, oddment, odds

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.

Dave Chappelle’s Triumphant Return to New York City |Alex Suskind |June 19, 2014 |DAILY BEAST
The exception was this oddball panel entitled, “Risking it All: Why Championship Athletes Dope and What it Means for Sport.”

Maybe We Should Just Legalize Steroids for Pro Athletes |Robert Silverman |March 3, 2014 |DAILY BEAST
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 |DAILY BEAST
Before that it was just there—but it always had that oddball character.

Why Did Llewyn Davis’s Greenwich Village Disappear? |Andrew Romano |December 7, 2013 |DAILY BEAST

But beneath this oddball kumbaya story lies a contradiction.

Cory Booker’s Rabbis |Peter Beinart |June 13, 2013 |DAILY BEAST
Somewhere up in the house is this oddball Maxwell who hides out all the time.

The Fourth R |George Oliver Smith
His father, Vanneman Porter, had been an oddball in his own way, too.

By Proxy |Gordon Randall Garrett

British Dictionary definitions for oddball

oddball

/ (ˈɒdˌbɔːl) informal /

noun

Also called: odd bod, odd fish a strange or eccentric person

adjective

strange or peculiar