Word: eccentric
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Synonyms: eccentric
waste time, dally, dawdle, loiter, linger, take one's time, delay, temporize, stall, procrastinate, pussyfoot around, drag one's feet, dither, hesitate, falter, vacillate, waver, hem and haw, shilly-shally, lollygag, let the grass grow under one's feet, tarry, dillydally, shillyshally, drag one's heels
Translations: eccentric
The meaning and "use of": eccentric
- (of a person or their behavior) unconventional and slightly strange. - my favorite aunt is very eccentric
- (of a thing) not placed centrally or not having its axis or other part placed centrally. - The foam cells were oval to polygonal with a moderate amount of cytoplasm and central to eccentric small nuclei.
- a person of unconventional and slightly strange views or behavior. - he enjoys a colorful reputation as an engaging eccentric
- a disc or wheel mounted eccentrically on a revolving shaft in order to transform rotation into backward-and-forward motion, e.g., a cam in an internal combustion engine. - The ends of the ‘jackshaft’ also carry the two eccentrics needed for the operation of the valve gear, in this case of the Gooch type, often confused with the much better-known Stephenson type.
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