Odd-man Definition

ŏdmăn
adjective
Being a situation in a team sport in which one team or group of players has a numerical advantage over the opposition.
An odd-man rush.
American Heritage
noun

In a group having an odd number of people, someone with the casting vote; an arbiter. [from 15th c.]

Wiktionary
Someone who does odd jobs; an odd job man. [from 18th c.]
Wiktionary

Other Word Forms of Odd-man

Noun

Singular:
odd-man
Plural:
odd-men

Origin of Odd-man

  • From odd + man, probably after a Scandinavian source; compare Old Norse odda-maðr.

    From Wiktionary

Odd-man Sentence Examples

  • But what if you're the odd man out among your friends and no one else really has the burning passion to preserve undeveloped land like you do?

  • In 1999, Post played Julia Whitney in the short-lived sitcom Odd Man Out.

  • It didn't take long for Disick to emerge as the odd man out with the Kardashian clan.

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OODODD

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NANMAN

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