It is a compounded word : Odd (meaning out of place either in form,content,quality)+ ball (referring to a set of balls with same shape/color as in a game). The semantics would refer to anything out of place,queer, weird.
The slang usage would imply a derogatory male significance.
the odd man out ; different
is have and oddball vowel sound
the synonyms of weird are: awe-inspiring, awful, creepy, curious, dreadful, eccentric, eerie, far-out, fearful, flaky, freaky, funky, ghastly, ghostly, grotesque, haunting, horrific, inscrutable, kinky, kooky, magical, mysterious, occult, oddball, ominous, outlandish, peculiar, preternatural, queer, secret, singular, spooky, strange, supernal, supernatural, uncanny, uncouth, unearthly, unnatural. so yes spooky could be a synonym of weird.
Since "queer" and "odd" are synonyms themselves, they could both be used in the place of "quaint." The word suggests a status or a custom that is unusual either because it is from a strange place or from an earlier time. Other synonyms could include bizarre, eccentric, offbeat, oddball, outlandish, peculiar, unconventional, or unusual.
The mentally ill are treated in hospitals and clinics that specialize in mental illness. The term 'crazy' and 'crazy people' is a generic term that can mean anything wild, violent, oddball, enthusiastic, or strange. A crazy person doesn't equal a mentally ill person. The word 'crazy' can be a positive or a negative description. Examples: She wears such crazy clothes. He's just girl crazy. When I said that, she went crazy. He ran like crazy. That was a crazy thing to do. I think the word you seek is an asylum.
Yes, in the old Italian theatre form called Commedia dell'Arte there was a character called a zany who made fun of the comic characters by imitating them and exaggerating their characteristics. We use the word "zany" to describe someone who is wild and crazy in a funny way.
All depends what you mean by oddball
is have and oddball vowel sound
"Give" and "oddball" are not vowel words. Vowel words are words that contain a vowel as one of their main sounds. In "give," the main vowel sound is "i," a vowel; in "oddball," the main vowel sounds are "o" and "a," both vowels.
Depends entirely on the class and luminosity of the oddball.
The duration of The Oddball Couple is 1800.0 seconds.
Depends entirely on the class and luminosity of the oddball.
The Oddball Couple was created on 1975-09-06.
The Oddball Couple ended on 1975-12-20.
Depends entirely on the class and luminosity of the oddball.
Depends entirely on the class and luminosity of the oddball.
Team objective. Also multi team has an oddball game.
Unidentified Flying Oddball was created on 1979-07-26.