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Definition of oddball in English: oddballnoun ˈɒdbɔːlˈɑdˌbɔl informal A strange or eccentric person. 怪人 she was seen as a bit of an oddball Example sentencesExamples - The Greens are not the well-meaning oddballs we thought they were.
- There are people who come because this is a group of oddballs and weirdos.
- Glover regularly stands apart from his fellow oddballs, even when surrounded by weirdos.
- They've stocked the audience with a few token oddballs.
- Third, there are the truly restless - the oddballs and eccentrics who always seem to want to look at things from a different angle.
- Far more difficult is to curate a well-put together collection of modern folk-based oddballs, and Banhart's done a splendid job here.
- While making a case for Fischer as an artist, the film caters to viewers whose interest is simply in pop culture's oddballs, artistic or not.
- Only half-jokingly, De Vos adds: ‘In Canada, the footballers are just the oddballs who make the wrong decision.’
- And sometimes, these oddballs just happen to be good policemen.
- The boarders, however, are much more than eccentrics or oddballs.
- Burton also confessed he and Helena laugh off claims they are eccentric oddballs.
- How exciting to have so many oddballs in one place!
- Unfortunately, most people who are successful in Hollywood or any other business are not oddballs at all.
- He also had a sense of humour that veered into the absurd, which explains why he enjoyed interacting with the oddballs.
- Artists, an architect, a photographer, oddballs and the unemployed - they're all here, and Nabatian captures them in their full glory.
- After several unsuccessful attempts he is kicked out of his therapy group for impeding the progress of his fellow oddballs.
- After my continued exposure to oddballs and, shall we say, the socially-challenged, I can quite see the appeal of internet dating sites.
- First, there are spontaneous mutants, oddballs that arise by chance.
- My home state has plenty of affable oddballs, that's for sure.
- The same collection of freaks and oddballs is, this time, armed only with old tricks and stale lines.
Synonyms eccentric, oddity, odd fellow, unorthodox person, individualist, nonconformist, free spirit, bohemian, maverick, deviant, pervert, misfit, hippy, dropout
adjective ˈɒdbɔːlˈɑdˌbɔl informal Strange; bizarre. 奇怪的；奇异的 奇特的训练方法。 Example sentencesExamples - But at least it's entertaining crazy oddball behaviour.
- The contrasting riotous oddball farce and the blood-soaked political thriller could hardly be more different.
- Weebls Stuff is a feast of oddball entertainment.
- I compiled a bunch of recent flamenco things, really oddball flamenco things.
- You wanted to tell her to stop trying so hard, because she's stomping all over whatever organic oddball qualities she's got.
- This is why the Web - this disruptive technology, this oddball world - feels so familiar and so welcome.
- I tend to play a lot of oddball records with effects over them, not 4/4 stuff that has to be seamless and keep the party going.
- But they're just two of the quirky, oddball characters to be found in ‘Sally's’ world.
- This is what Nintendo's new dual-screen handheld is all about: classic gameplay mixed with oddball innovation.
- It's the type of oddball coincidence that's difficult to ignore.
- Somewhere, deep within Twister, is a searing portrayal of the disintegration of a family, leavened by quirky, oddball humor.
- There are no fistfights or wisecracks or oddball events or wacky characters.
- The elder Poole has figured out vocal chops and isn't consistently burying them behind filters and oddball delivery.
- John Ritter had the kind of oddball career that is almost too easy to dismiss, if you don't know better.
- It's a hefty task, seeing as each of her children is manoeuvring their way through a litany of oddball obsessions and neuroses.
- OK, so the cars do handle in a slightly oddball method; but that's only compared to other racers.
- His songs had gone from sublime to bizarre, compounded by his friendship with oddball lyricist Van Dyke Parks.
- If you desire the illicit pleasures of inspired, oddball sketch comedy, More Fun Than a Bag of Soup is the show for you.
- His previous album contained a similar mix of oddball songs and tunes; it was mystifying, irritating, a bit boring.
- But aside from these oddball cases, in general it is better to adopt the social viewpoint and drop the information technology mindset.
Synonyms strange, peculiar, weird, queer, funny, bizarre, eccentric, unusual, abnormal, idiosyncratic, unconventional, outlandish, offbeat, freakish, quirky, quaint, zany, off-centre
Definition of oddball in US English: oddballnounˈɑdˌbɔlˈädˌbôl informal A strange or eccentric person. 怪人 Example sentencesExamples - Burton also confessed he and Helena laugh off claims they are eccentric oddballs.
- After several unsuccessful attempts he is kicked out of his therapy group for impeding the progress of his fellow oddballs.
- They've stocked the audience with a few token oddballs.
- How exciting to have so many oddballs in one place!
- First, there are spontaneous mutants, oddballs that arise by chance.
- Glover regularly stands apart from his fellow oddballs, even when surrounded by weirdos.
- The Greens are not the well-meaning oddballs we thought they were.
- Artists, an architect, a photographer, oddballs and the unemployed - they're all here, and Nabatian captures them in their full glory.
- My home state has plenty of affable oddballs, that's for sure.
- He also had a sense of humour that veered into the absurd, which explains why he enjoyed interacting with the oddballs.
- Third, there are the truly restless - the oddballs and eccentrics who always seem to want to look at things from a different angle.
- Far more difficult is to curate a well-put together collection of modern folk-based oddballs, and Banhart's done a splendid job here.
- There are people who come because this is a group of oddballs and weirdos.
- While making a case for Fischer as an artist, the film caters to viewers whose interest is simply in pop culture's oddballs, artistic or not.
- The boarders, however, are much more than eccentrics or oddballs.
- The same collection of freaks and oddballs is, this time, armed only with old tricks and stale lines.
- Only half-jokingly, De Vos adds: ‘In Canada, the footballers are just the oddballs who make the wrong decision.’
- And sometimes, these oddballs just happen to be good policemen.
- After my continued exposure to oddballs and, shall we say, the socially-challenged, I can quite see the appeal of internet dating sites.
- Unfortunately, most people who are successful in Hollywood or any other business are not oddballs at all.
Synonyms eccentric, oddity, odd fellow, unorthodox person, individualist, nonconformist, free spirit, bohemian, maverick, deviant, pervert, misfit, hippy, dropout
adjectiveˈɑdˌbɔlˈädˌbôl informal Strange; bizarre. 奇怪的；奇异的 奇特的训练方法。 Example sentencesExamples - Weebls Stuff is a feast of oddball entertainment.
- The elder Poole has figured out vocal chops and isn't consistently burying them behind filters and oddball delivery.
- I compiled a bunch of recent flamenco things, really oddball flamenco things.
- His songs had gone from sublime to bizarre, compounded by his friendship with oddball lyricist Van Dyke Parks.
- I tend to play a lot of oddball records with effects over them, not 4/4 stuff that has to be seamless and keep the party going.
- The contrasting riotous oddball farce and the blood-soaked political thriller could hardly be more different.
- There are no fistfights or wisecracks or oddball events or wacky characters.
- You wanted to tell her to stop trying so hard, because she's stomping all over whatever organic oddball qualities she's got.
- This is what Nintendo's new dual-screen handheld is all about: classic gameplay mixed with oddball innovation.
- His previous album contained a similar mix of oddball songs and tunes; it was mystifying, irritating, a bit boring.
- If you desire the illicit pleasures of inspired, oddball sketch comedy, More Fun Than a Bag of Soup is the show for you.
- It's a hefty task, seeing as each of her children is manoeuvring their way through a litany of oddball obsessions and neuroses.
- John Ritter had the kind of oddball career that is almost too easy to dismiss, if you don't know better.
- But they're just two of the quirky, oddball characters to be found in ‘Sally's’ world.
- It's the type of oddball coincidence that's difficult to ignore.
- Somewhere, deep within Twister, is a searing portrayal of the disintegration of a family, leavened by quirky, oddball humor.
- OK, so the cars do handle in a slightly oddball method; but that's only compared to other racers.
- But aside from these oddball cases, in general it is better to adopt the social viewpoint and drop the information technology mindset.
- But at least it's entertaining crazy oddball behaviour.
- This is why the Web - this disruptive technology, this oddball world - feels so familiar and so welcome.
Synonyms strange, peculiar, weird, queer, funny, bizarre, eccentric, unusual, abnormal, idiosyncratic, unconventional, outlandish, offbeat, freakish, quirky, quaint, zany, off-centre
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