weirdo

noun

\ ˈwir-(ˌ)dō

plural weirdos

Definition of weirdo

(Entry 1 of 2)

: a person who is extraordinarily strange or eccentric

weirdo

adjective

Definition of weirdo (Entry 2 of 2)

: strange, weird

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Examples of weirdo in a Sentence

Noun

one of those weirdos that the rest of the town always seemed to be talking about

Adjective

he saw some weirdo lights in the sky and immediately concluded that it had to be a UFO

Recent Examples on the Web: Noun

The spongy, hollow, honeycombed little weirdos are the Cadillacs (or the Teslas, depending on your generation) of mushrooms. — Allyson Reedy, The Know, "Extremely rare, coveted mushrooms that only appear after a wildfire are popping up in southern Colorado," 18 July 2019 Long live the weirdo 76ers, forever in the midst of their roster’s reinvention. — Rob Mahoney, SI.com, "Adding Al Horford Jump-Starts the Latest Sixers Reinvention," 1 July 2019 Everything was in place for Prince, this weirdo and musical freak of nature, to go from being a star to a legendary icon who would become a defining figure of his generation. — Bomani Jones, Essence, "'Purple Rain' Is Still Brilliant 35 Years Later," 25 June 2019 The people who don’t comfort eat, those are the weirdos. — Rachel Sugar, Vox, "Anxiously, I called a health psychologist to find out.," 9 Nov. 2018 One of my hobbies is investigating weirdo investments. — ExpressNews.com, "Investing like a rock star?," 21 June 2019 This is in any case an extremely assorted collection, as befits a crew of variegated weirdos, each with a diagram pulsating above his or her head. — Luc Sante, Harper's magazine, "A Crew of Variegated Weirdos," 10 Jan. 2019 The process of organizing to find fellow weirdos in an alienating world has a rich history in geek spaces. — Devon Maloney, The Verge, "How the first Wakandacon escaped the fan convention curse," 13 Aug. 2018 Speaking of weirdos, why doesn’t everyone have the same response? — Rachel Sugar, Vox, "Anxiously, I called a health psychologist to find out.," 9 Nov. 2018

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