eccentric+person

  • 51erratic — erratically, adv. erraticism, n. /i rat ik/, adj. 1. deviating from the usual or proper course in conduct or opinion; eccentric; queer: erratic behavior. 2. having no certain or definite course; wandering; not fixed: erratic winds. 3. Geol.… …

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  • 52flake — flake1 flakeless, adj. flaker, n. /flayk/, n., v., flaked, flaking. n. 1. a small, flat, thin piece, esp. one that has been or become detached from a larger piece or mass: flakes of old paint. 2. any small piece or mass: a flake of snow. 3. a… …

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  • 53nutbar — 1. adjective Crazy, eccentric. But by joining some nutbar group she in fact does something possibly far more dangerous to your marriage and its accepted. 2. noun A crazy, eccentric person. See Also: nut …

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  • 54Crank — 1. eccentric person, or one who holds stubbornly to eccentric views; 2. false; phoney: crank calls ; a crank letter ; 3. be excellent: the surf s really cranking …

    Dictionary of Australian slang

  • 55crank — Australian Slang 1. eccentric person, or one who holds stubbornly to eccentric views; 2. false; phoney: crank calls ; a crank letter ; 3. be excellent: the surf s really cranking …

    English dialects glossary

  • 56madcap — adjective amusingly eccentric. ↘foolish or reckless. noun an eccentric person …

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  • 57screwball — chiefly N. Amer. noun 1》 Baseball a ball pitched with reverse spin as compared to a curve ball. 2》 informal a crazy or eccentric person. adjective informal crazy; absurd. ↘relating to or denoting a style of fast moving comedy film involving… …

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  • 58crackpot — Noun. An insane or eccentric person. Adj. Mad, eccentric, unworkable. E.g. I m not going along with Suzanne s crackpot ideas …

    English slang and colloquialisms

  • 59erratic — er•rat•ic [[t]ɪˈræt ɪk[/t]] adj. 1) inconsistent or changeable in behavior; unpredictable 2) deviating from the usual or proper course; eccentric 3) having no certain or definite course; wandering; not fixed 4) gel (of a boulder, etc.) carried by …

    From formal English to slang

  • 60crank — I. /kræŋk / (say krangk) noun 1. Machinery a device for communicating motion, or for changing rotary motion into reciprocating motion, or vice versa, consisting in its simplest form of an arm projecting from, or secured at right angles at the end …