odd

1. (not comparable) Without a corresponding mate in a pair or set; unmatched; (of a pair or set) mismatched.Examples: "Optimistically, he had a corner of a drawer for odd socks."; "My cat Fluffy has odd eyes: one blue and one brown."; "Itm , lxij almond rivetts. Almain rivetts, a sort of light armour having sleeves of mail, or iron plates, rivetted, with braces for the defence of the arms. Itm, one odd back for an almond rivett."Synonyms: single, mismatchednot-comparableusually

2. (not comparable) Left over, remaining after the rest have been paired or grouped.Examples: "I'm the odd one out."not-comparableusually

3. (not comparable) Left over or remaining (as a small amount) after counting, payment, etc.Examples: ""Here, I have some odd change that should make things easier." As Tish turned and reached for the cigarettes, Eric took some loose coins from his pocket and placed the change from the twenty into his other pocket."; "Third was my college loan of five thousand dollars and some odd change."not-comparableusually

4. (not comparable) Scattered; occasional, infrequent; not forming part of a set or pattern.Examples: "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."; "but for the odd exception"; "As she ran on her numerous errands Jessamy found that if she did not stop to think, she knew all kinds of odd little things that the other Jessamy must have learned, such as where the nutmeg grater lived, and which was the potato peeling knife."not-comparableusually

5. (not comparable) Not regular or planned.Examples: "He's only worked odd jobs."not-comparableusually

6. (not comparable) Used or employed for odd jobs.Examples: "The odd horse will now be employed in carting couch grass on to pasture land, carting hay, &c, to sheep in the field, carting roots, straw, &c, for feeding cattle in the boxes or dairy cows in the stalls or yards, and in various odd jobs on the farm ..."; "At about 14 he rises a step by getting the 'odd' horse and cart, and does all the small carting work about the farm."; "There is also the “orra man who, like the odd horse, is kept busy on odd jobs."not-comparableusually