Definition of oddball
: one that is eccentric
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Examples of oddball in a Sentence
He used to be a real oddball back in high school.
she's known as the office oddball
Recent Examples of oddball from the Web
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The oddball could be the result of either a genetic mutation or its reliance on a low-pigment food source.
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But Dennis Rodman’s flaunting of team rules, including chronic tardiness for practices, and other oddball, dysfunctional behavior proved too much for his teammates and management, especially club chairman Robert McDermott.
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With his bands Sic Alps and the Peacers, Bay Area oddball Mike Donovan has treated his sprawling, postpsychedelic sensibilities with a modicum of rock-music orthodoxy as his collaborators lend shape and sinew to his delirious, wobbly tunes.
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This isn’t a point-and-laugh-at-the-oddballs exercise.
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Like many characters on those shows, the Roys are narcissists, oddballs, control freaks and all-around jerks.
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The New Palestine baseball coach can set his watch to his players’ oddball pregame antics.
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This oddball thinking extends to the strategic arena.
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And in a state of nearly 40 million people, her 11 Republican challengers are a mix of oddballs, gadflies, and earnest but superficial candidates.
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First Known Use of oddball
1948
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Definition of oddball for English Language Learners
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: a person who behaves in strange or unusual ways
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Definition of oddball for Students
: a person who behaves strangely
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