Oddball
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Pronunciation /ˈɑːdˌbɔl/ · Part of speech noun
Quick meaning: Oddball is a noun meaning An eccentric or unusual person.
Meaning
An eccentric or unusual person.
More Meanings
- Exotic, not mainstream.
- (neuroscience) A deviant stimulus that appears among repetitive stimuli during an experiment, to trigger an event-related potential in the participant.
Example Sentences
"She's different, mister. A real oddball, if you know what I mean. But your little girl would love her. All kids love the Doll Lady."
An oddball word processor, for example, might never be supported by such helpful tools as spelling checkers, indexing programs, footnote utilities,.
Miss Quinn thought that Oswald spoke Russian well in view of his lack of formal training; she found the evening uninteresting. Donovan, with whom she had a date later, testified that she told him that Oswald was “kind of an oddball.”
Word Forms
- oddballs
Synonyms for oddball
Depending on context, synonyms include kook, weirdo, eccentric, geek.
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include eccentric, geek, weirdo, dis, say, tell.
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