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Meaning of Oddball | Babel Free

Noun CEFR C2 Specialized
ˈɑːdˌbɔl

Definitions

  1. An eccentric or unusual person.
  2. A deviant stimulus that appears among repetitive stimuli during an experiment, to trigger an event-related potential in the participant.

Equivalents

العربية شاذ
Български чудак
Bosanski чудак
Čeština divák ichtyl podivín
Ελληνικά περίπτωση
Español estrafalario
Suomi kummajainen
Français excentrique olibrius
Hrvatski чудак
Magyar csodabogár
Bahasa Indonesia miring
Italiano sagoma tomo
日本語 変人
Македонски чудак
Nederlands kwast
Português excêntrico
Română ciudat
Српски чудак
Svenska kuf löshäst
Türkçe ucube

Examples

“Miss Quinn thought that Oswald spoke Russian well in view of his lack of formal training; she found the evening uninteresting. Donovan, with whom she had a date later, testified that she told him that Oswald was “kind of an oddball.””
“"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."”

CEFR level

C2
Mastery
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