Political parties run on expediency, not ideology, which makes it possible to cobble together all manner of oddball coalitions.
Between oddball earthquakes and far-reaching hurricanes, much of the country is in disaster preparation mode right now.
Geladas are isolated, oddball monkeys that science has largely overlooked.
It is a model of the genre: two crisp pages, neatly typed, no oddball fonts.
When he started shooting for the school paper, his status suddenly climbed-from oddball to intriguing misfit.
But they already know these oddball sea creatures have a taste for more than whales.
For spatial slices according to an inconvenient coordinate condition will result in oddball solutions.
Maybe the answer is another fabulously wealthy recluse, raised in show business and regarded as a bit of an oddball.
But there's always an imaginative oddball game lost within the white noise.
Even if you're not the one playing, the constant barrage of oddball antics are instantly inviting and attention grabbing.
British Dictionary definitions for oddball
oddball
/ˈɒdˌbɔːl/
noun
1.
Also called odd bod, odd fish. a strange or eccentric person
adjective
2.
strange or peculiar
Word Origin and History for oddball
n.
"eccentric or unconventional person," 1948, from odd + ball (n.1). Earlier (1946) as an adjective, used by aviators.
Slang definitions & phrases for oddball
oddball
adjective
Strange; weird: sensible drug users and the odd-ball drug users
Nonconformist: He had some pretty oddball ideas
noun
An eccentric person; a strange one; weirdo: This little guy, opinionated, emotional, sensitive, was definitely an oddball/ This weird guy, this oddball with his long neck and his funny talk
A nonconformist; outsider; odd man out: We were generally considered to be a family of hopeless oddballs(1940s+)