odd bod

Definitions

1. 1

   A temporary crew member who joins a mission with an established crew.

   • Oh I know: you're the odd bod. Of course, that's it, you're the odd bod.
   • They had landed without the odd bod. They worked out that he must have bailed out pretty sharpish when Teddy first ordered them to abandon J-Jig.
   • We are being asked for a maximum effort sometime over the next few nights, so if one of the other crew are short, then one of your chaps will have to fill in as an odd bod.
2. 2

   An eccentric

   An eccentric; weirdo.

   • No doubt people sniggered at her. They thought of her as an odd bod. She was an odd bod.
   • Ruben was an odd bod. What else could he have been? It's one of life's mysteries how odd bods always find each other.
3. 3

   Something that is different from others in the same category

   Something that is different from others in the same category; odd one out.

   • CSLA is an odd bod. It is important, but it seems to be difficult and different.
   • Complete the table by circling the odd bod in each set and giving a reason for your choice.
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   1. 4

      Someone who lacks a partner or team.

      • "That's right," I replied. "An odd bod at the moment, a crewless skipper."

The neighborhood

• synonymodd duck
• synonymweirdo
• synonymstrange person
• neighborodds and bods