English

Noun

oddball ‎(plural oddballs)

1. An eccentric or unusual person.
   • 1989, Maris Soule, Storybook Hero, page 5:

     "She's different, mister. A real oddball, if you know what I mean. But your little girl would love her. All kids love the Doll Lady."

2. (neuroscience) A deviant stimulus that appears among repetitive stimuli during an experiment, to trigger an event-related potential in the participant.

Translations

See also

• weirdo
• queer fish

Adjective

oddball ‎(not comparable)

1. Exotic, not mainstream.
   • 1984, Steven K. Roberts, The Complete Guide to Microsystem Management:

     An oddball word processor, for example, might never be supported by such helpful tools as spelling checkers, indexing programs, footnote utilities,...