odd 
/ˈɑ:d/ adjective
/ˈɑ:d/ adjective 1 odd·er; -est [also more odd; most odd] : strange or unusual : different from what is normal or expected
▪ He has some odd [=peculiar, weird] habits. ▪ She had an odd look on her face. ▪ People would call at odd hours during the night. ▪ She's got a really odd sense of humor. ▪ Some rather odd people used to live in this house. ▪ There was something odd about his story. ▪ It's odd that nobody told me about this before. ▪ That's odd. He was here a minute ago. ▪ That is one of the oddest creatures I have ever seen. ▪ What an odd-looking animal. ▪ They made quite an odd couple. [=they were very different from each other] ▪ He's an odd duck. = (Brit) He's an odd fish. [=he's a very strange person] 2 always used before a noun : happening in a way that is not planned or regular
▪ She kept a stack of magazines that she would read at odd moments. ▪ During the summer, he would do odd jobs for his neighbors to earn extra money. 3 always used before a noun : of different kinds or types
▪ I stopped by the grocery store to pick up a few odd [=miscellaneous] things. ▪ They were selling an odd assortment of candy and jewelry. ▪ a few odd [=random] bits of information 4 always used before a noun : not matched or paired with another thing or person
▪ I folded all the laundry and had one odd sock left. ▪ an odd shoe ▪ The students got into groups of two, and the odd student worked with the teacher. 5 a : not able to be divided into two equal whole numbers
▪ The numbers 1, 3, 5, and 7 are odd, while 2, 4, 6, and 8 are even. ▪ odd and even numbers ▪ There's an odd number of chairs.
b : marked by an odd number
▪ There's a picture on every odd page of the book. ▪ Please do the odd-numbered problems on page 20 of your textbook. ▪ The odd-numbered houses are on the left side of the street. 6 informal : a little more than a particular number — used in combination with a number ▪ The book's only 100-odd pages long. [=only slightly more than 100 pages long] ▪ I'd guess that he's 40 odd years old. ▪ 30-odd years ago
▪ He has some odd [=peculiar, weird] habits. ▪ She had an odd look on her face. ▪ People would call at odd hours during the night. ▪ She's got a really odd sense of humor. ▪ Some rather odd people used to live in this house. ▪ There was something odd about his story. ▪ It's odd that nobody told me about this before. ▪ That's odd. He was here a minute ago. ▪ That is one of the oddest creatures I have ever seen. ▪ What an odd-looking animal. ▪ They made quite an odd couple. [=they were very different from each other] ▪ He's an odd duck. = (Brit) He's an odd fish. [=he's a very strange person]
▪ She kept a stack of magazines that she would read at odd moments. ▪ During the summer, he would do odd jobs for his neighbors to earn extra money.
▪ I stopped by the grocery store to pick up a few odd [=miscellaneous] things. ▪ They were selling an odd assortment of candy and jewelry. ▪ a few odd [=random] bits of information
▪ I folded all the laundry and had one odd sock left. ▪ an odd shoe ▪ The students got into groups of two, and the odd student worked with the teacher.
▪ The numbers 1, 3, 5, and 7 are odd, while 2, 4, 6, and 8 are even. ▪ odd and even numbers ▪ There's an odd number of chairs.
b : marked by an odd number
▪ There's a picture on every odd page of the book. ▪ Please do the odd-numbered problems on page 20 of your textbook. ▪ The odd-numbered houses are on the left side of the street.
the odd man/one out
: the person or thing that is different from the other members of a group
▪ It looks like he's the odd one out on this particular issue. [=he has a different opinion than everyone else] ▪ All my college friends have gotten married. I'm the odd man out.
▪ It looks like he's the odd one out on this particular issue. [=he has a different opinion than everyone else] ▪ All my college friends have gotten married. I'm the odd man out.
— odd·ness noun [noncount]
▪ the oddness [=oddity, strangeness] of the situation
▪ the oddness [=oddity, strangeness] of the situation
