odd

adjective14

1. •
   strange and not what people usually expect

   • She slept in, which was very odd.
2. •
   Peculiar, singular and strange in looks or character; eccentric, bizarre.
3. •
   Numerically indivisible by two.

   • The product of two odd numbers is also odd.
4. •
   Numbered with an odd number.

   • How do I print only the odd pages?
5. •
   Scattered; occasional, infrequent; not forming part of a set or pattern.

   • I don't speak Latin well, so in hearing a dissertation in Latin, I would only be able to make out the odd word of it.
6. •
   Not regular or planned.

   • He's only worked odd jobs.
7. •
   Left over or remaining (as a small amount) after counting, payment, etc.

   • Third was my college loan of five thousand dollars and some odd change. — 2010
8. •
   [in compounds] About, approximately; somewhat more than (an approximated round number).

   • There were thirty-odd people in the room.
9. •
   Without a corresponding mate in a pair or set; unmatched; (of a pair or set) mismatched.

   • Optimistically, he had a corner of a drawer for odd socks.
   • My cat Fluffy has odd eyes: one blue and one brown.
10. •
    Left over, remaining after the rest have been paired or grouped.

    • I'm the odd one out.
11. •
    Out of the way, secluded.

    • "Well, isn't it a bit unusual to run into an old friend in an odd corner of the world like this?" I asked. — 1958
12. •
    Used or employed for odd jobs.

    • At about 14 he rises a step by getting the 'odd' horse and cart, and does all the small carting work about the farm. — 1894
13. •
    On the left.

    • He served from the odd court.
14. •
    (no longer used) Singular in excellence; matchless; peerless; outstanding.

    • He goes to Phrygia, and sees Scamander. "Happy are all," he says, "who are honoured by that odd clerk. Homer." In Macedonia, he finds hie mother. — 1886

noun2

1. •
   An odd number.

   • So let’s see. There are two evens here and three odds.
2. •
   (informal) Something left over, not forming part of a set.

   • I’ve got three complete sets of these trading cards for sale, plus a few dozen odds.

noun2

1. •
   Initialism of oppositional defiant disorder.
2. •
   Initialism of optical disc drive.