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kook collapse: someone regarded as eccentric or crazy and standing out from a group

outsider collapse: a contestant (human or animal) not considered to have a good chance to win

zealot collapse: a member of an ancient Jewish sect in Judea in the first century who fought to the death against the Romans and who killed or persecuted Jews who collaborated with the Romans

oddity collapse: a strange attitude or habit; eccentricity that is not easily explained

screwball collapse: a pitch with reverse spin that curves toward the side of the plate from which it was thrown

fanatic collapse: a person motivated by irrational enthusiasm (as for a cause); "A fanatic is one who can't change his mind and won't change the subject"--Winston Churchill; marked by excessive enthusiasm for and intense devotion to a cause or idea; "rabid isolationist"

maverick collapse: an unbranded range animal (especially a stray calf); belongs to the first person who puts a brand on it; someone who exhibits great independence in thought and action

nonconformist collapse: someone who refuses to conform to established standards of conduct; a Protestant in England who is not a member of the Church of England; not conforming to some norm or socially approved pattern of behavior or thought; "their rabidly nonconformist deportment has made them legendary"; "the old stubborn nonconformist spirit of the early settlers"

disable collapse: injure permanently; "He was disabled in a car accident"; make unable to perform a certain action; "disable this command on your computer"

eccentric collapse: a person with an unusual or odd personality; not having a common center; not concentric; "eccentric circles"

nut collapse: a small (usually square or hexagonal) metal block with internal screw thread to be fitted onto a bolt; Egyptian goddess of the sky; usually large hard-shelled seed; gather nuts

antitype collapse: an opposite or contrasting type; a person or thing represented or foreshadowed by a type or symbol; especially a figure in the Old Testament having a counterpart in the New Testament

alien collapse: being or from or characteristic of another place or part of the world; "alien customs"; "exotic plants in a greenhouse"; "exotic cuisine"; not contained in or deriving from the essential nature of something; "an economic theory alien to the spirit of capitalism"; "the mysticism so foreign to the French mind and temper"; "jealousy is foreign to her nature"; transfer property or ownership; "The will aliened the property to the heirs"

specimen collapse: a bit of tissue or blood or urine that is taken for diagnostic purposes; "they collected a urine specimen for urinalysis"; an example regarded as typical of its class

tramp collapse: a heavy footfall; "the tramp of military boots"; a disreputable vagrant; "a homeless tramp"; "he tried to help the really down-and-out bums"; cross on foot; "We had to tramp the creeks"; travel on foot, especially on a walking expedition; "We went tramping about the state of Colorado"

hamstring collapse: one of the tendons at the back of the knee; cripple by cutting the hamstring; make ineffective or powerless; "The teachers were hamstrung by the overly rigid schedules"

crank collapse: a hand tool consisting of a rotating shaft with parallel handle; (used of boats) inclined to heel over easily under sail; bend into the shape of a crank; fasten with a crank; rotate with a crank; start by cranking; "crank up the engine"

cross section collapse: (physics) the probability that a particular interaction (as capture or ionization) will take place between particles; measured in barns; a sample meant to be representative of a whole population; a section created by a plane cutting a solid perpendicular to its longest axis

type collapse: a small metal block bearing a raised character on one end; produces a printed character when inked and pressed on paper; "he dropped a case of type, so they made him pick them up"; a subdivision of a particular kind of thing; "what type of sculpture do you prefer?"; all of the tokens of the same symbol; "the word `element' contains five different types of character"; printed characters; "small type is hard to read"; (biology) the taxonomic group whose characteristics are used to define the next higher taxon; identify as belonging to a certain type; "Such people can practically be typed"; write by means of a keyboard with types; "type the acceptance letter, please"

lame collapse: a fabric interwoven with threads of metal; "she wore a gold lame dress"

maim collapse: injure or wound seriously and leave permanent disfiguration or mutilation; "people were maimed by the explosion"

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