odd

UK /ɒd/ US /ɑd/
adj 5noun 4name 2

Definitions

adj

1

Differing from what is usual, ordinary or expected.

She slept in, which was very odd.

We made an odd party before the arrival of the Ten, particularly when the Celebrity dropped in for lunch or dinner. He could not be induced to remain permanently at Mohair because Miss Trevor was at Asquith, but he appropriated a Hempstead cart from the Mohair stables and made the trip sometimes twice in a day.

2

Differing from what is usual, ordinary or expected.

[One of them would] say, 'Hi, Mother.' This might be Chrissie with the purple hair and black lipstick, or Adam, who usually wore odd leather stuff. Sometimes 'Hi' was all I heard; other times they'd stay and talk for a minute.

3

Without a corresponding mate in a pair or set; unmatched; (of a pair or set) mismatched.

Optimistically, he had a corner of a drawer for odd socks.

My cat Fluffy has odd eyes: one blue and one brown.

4

Left over, remaining after the rest have been paired or grouped.

I'm the odd one out.

5

Left over or remaining (as a small amount) after counting, payment, etc.

"Here, I have some odd change that should make things easier." As Tish turned and reached for the cigarettes, Eric took some loose coins from his pocket and placed the change from the twenty into his other pocket.

Third was my college loan of five thousand dollars and some odd change.

noun

1

Something left over, not forming part of a set.

I’ve got three complete sets of these trading cards for sale, plus a few dozen odds.

2

An odd number.

So let’s see. There are two evens here and three odds.

name

1

A male given name.

2

Minced form of God.

Odd's pittikins, Odd's blood, Odd's hounds, Odd's dickens, Od's fish, Od's heft

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