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weird·o

(wîr′dō)

n. pl. weird·os also weird·oes Slang

A strange or eccentric person.

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weirdo

(ˈwɪədəʊ) ,

weirdie

weirdy

n, pl -dos or -dies

informal a person who behaves in a bizarre or eccentric manner

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weird•o

(ˈwɪər doʊ)

n., pl. weird•os. Slang.

an odd, eccentric, or abnormal person.

[1950–55]

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Noun	1.	weirdo - someone unpleasantly strange or eccentric creep, spook, weirdie, weirdy disagreeable person, unpleasant person - a person who is not pleasant or agreeable
	2.	weirdo - someone deranged and possibly dangerous crazy, looney, nutcase colloquialism - a colloquial expression; characteristic of spoken or written communication that seeks to imitate informal speech lunatic, madman, maniac - an insane person

weirdo

weirdie

noun eccentric, nut (slang), freak (informal), flake (slang, chiefly U.S.), crank (informal), loony (slang), nutter (Brit. slang), oddball (informal), crackpot (informal), nutcase (slang), headcase (informal), headbanger (informal), queer fish (Brit. informal) All the other kids at school thought I was a weirdo.

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weirdo

noun

Slang. A person regarded as strange, eccentric, or crazy:

crackpot, crazy, eccentric, lunatic.

Informal: crank, loon, loony.

Slang: cuckoo, ding-a-ling, dingbat, kook, nut, screwball, weirdie.

Translations

weirdo

[ˈwɪədəʊ] N → persona f rara

Collins Spanish Dictionary - Complete and Unabridged 8th Edition 2005 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1971, 1988 © HarperCollins Publishers 1992, 1993, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2003, 2005

weirdo

[ˈwɪə^rdəʊ] n → type m bizarre

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weirdo

(inf)

n → verrückter Typ (inf)

adj hairstyle etc → verrückt, ausgefallen

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weirdo

[ˈwɪədəʊ] n (fam) → tipo/a allucinante

Collins Italian Dictionary 1st Edition © HarperCollins Publishers 1995

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