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UK [ɒd] / US [ɑd] adjective

1) unusual or unexpected in a way that attracts your interest or attention

Harry's behaviour did seem a little odd.

His paintings are a rather odd mixture of German and British influences.

it is odd (that):

It's very odd that he hasn't sent you a birthday present.

strike someone as odd (= make someone think that something is unexpected):

It struck me as odd that there was no reply to my letter.

odd-sounding:

an odd-sounding name

odd-looking:

The children were very odd-looking in their costumes.

the odd thing is (that) (= it is unexpected that):

But the odd thing was that I didn't feel guilty.

that's odd:

That's odd, I thought I left my coat on the chair.

2) [only before noun] not happening frequently or regularly

The weather will remain cloudy with odd showers here and there.

the/an odd something:

I enjoy the odd beer now and again (= I like to have a beer sometimes).

3) [only before noun] consisting of different types, sizes, shapes, colours etc

The file was stuffed with notes and odd bits of paper.

4) [usually before noun] an odd number is a whole number that cannot be divided exactly by two, for example 1, 3, 5, 7 etc

5) [usually before noun] not having the other member of a pair

odd socks/shoes/gloves

6) [never before noun] informal approximately

He must be sixty odd (= about 60 years old).

There were 200 odd people in the room.

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odd minute/moment — British a short period of free time

Come and look at my photos when you've got the odd few minutes.

I'll phone her when I can find the odd moment.

the odd one/man out — someone or something that is different from the others in a group or list; someone who is not accepted by the other members of a group because of being different; someone or something that is remaining after others form pairs, groups, or sets

See if you can spot the odd one out in the list.

Johnny was always the odd one out.

If we work in groups of three there won't be an odd one out.

Derived word:
oddness
noun uncountable