odd: Meaning and Definition of
odd
Pronunciation: (od), [key]
— adj., n. -er, -est,
—adj.
- differing in nature from what is ordinary, usual, or expected: an odd choice.
- singular or peculiar in a strange or eccentric way: an odd person; odd manners.
- fantastic; bizarre: Her taste in clothing was rather odd.
- leaving a remainder of 1 when divided by 2, as a number (opposed to even): Numbers like 3, 15, and 181 are odd numbers.
- more or less, esp. a little more (used in combination with a round number): I owe three hundred-odd dollars.
- being a small amount in addition to what is counted or specified: I have five gross and a few odd dozens.
- being part of a pair, set, or series of which the rest is lacking: an odd glove.
- remaining after all others are paired, grouped, or divided into equal numbers or parts: Everybody gets two hamburgers and I get the odd one.
- left over after all others are used, consumed, etc.
- (of a pair) not matching: Do you know you're wearing an odd pair of socks?
- not forming part of any particular group, set, or class: to pick up odd bits of information.
- not regular, usual, or full-time; occasional; casual: odd jobs.
- out-of-the-way; secluded: a tour to the odd parts of the Far East.
- (of a function) having a sign that changes when the sign of each independent variable is changed at the same time.
—n.
- something that is odd.
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- a stroke more than the opponent has played.
- Brit.a stroke taken from a player's total score for a hole in order to give him or her odds.
Random House Unabridged Dictionary, Copyright © 1997, by Random House, Inc., on Infoplease.