Definition of odds and ends

odds and ends    

noun - plural

• miscellaneous things.

  I need to take care of a few odds and ends then I'm coming home.

  • See more words with the same meaning: unspecified item(s), 'stuff', 'thing(s)'.

  Last edited on Feb 01 2013. Submitted by Walter Rader (Editor) from Sacramento, CA, USA on Aug 31 2009.

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Other terms relating to 'unspecified item(s), 'stuff', 'thing(s)'':
baby	Definitions include: affectionate form of reference or address for one's significant other.
shiznut	Definitions include: "shit".
jizz	Definitions include: stuff.
doodad	Definitions include: an unspecified thing.
what-cha-ma-call-it	Definitions include: an item whose name one doesn't know or has forgotten.
jawn	Definitions include: an unspecified thing or person.
thangies	Definitions include: alternate spelling of thingies.
thang	Definitions include: "thing".
whatchamadingy	Definitions include: replacement name for an object when one can't remember the object's name.
thing-a-majig	Definitions include: replacement name for an object whose name one doesn't know, has forgotten, can't recall at the moment, or can't be bothered to name.
bad boy	Definitions include: generic term for a specific object; "thing".
cheddar	Definitions include: money.
whosawhatsit	Definitions include: an object whose name isn't known or can't be recalled instantly.
mufkin tass	Definitions include: an item. Synonymous with "thing" or "thingy."
hot stuff	Definitions include: an attractive person.
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Other terms relating to 'and':
AAB	Definitions include: acronym for "assault and battery".
Abel and Cain	Definitions include: "rain".
Adam and Eve	Definitions include: Cockney rhyme for ''believe''.
all bark and no bite	Definitions include: to talk a lot but never take action.
all fingers and thumbs	Definitions include: clumsy.
all that and a bag of chips	Definitions include: better than all that.
all that and a bag of Fritos	Definitions include: the best.
all wind and piss	Definitions include: without substance; all talk and no action.
an arm and a leg	Definitions include: a lot of money.
and 1	Definitions include: to get fouled in basketball and make the basket
and a half	Definitions include: used to indicate an extreme condition or an excessive amount.
and all that jazz	Definitions include: et cetera.
and a quarter	Definitions include: used to indicate an extreme condition or an excessive amount.
and change	Definitions include: a quantity between 1 and one order of magnitude lower than the quantity previously mentioned.
and how	Definitions include: interjection of agreement.
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Other terms relating to 'end':
*ss-end of space	Definitions include: some location extremely far away.
at (one's) wit's end	Definitions include: extremely aggravated.
at the end of (one's) rope	Definitions include: unable to tolerate any more.
back end	Definitions include: the anus.
be-all end-all, the	Definitions include: the best.
bell end	Definitions include: a foolish person.
business end, the	Definitions include: the functional end, especially of a tool.
dead end	Definitions include: of an activity, an insurmountable obstacle.
end	Definitions include: To kill something, especially murder. "Tony got pissed off at Big Al's bullshit and ended him."
end of	Definitions include: used to express the desire to end a conversation.
end of the line	Definitions include: the last part of something.
ends	Definitions include: money.
EOB	Definitions include: acronym for "end of business", i.e. the end of the business day.
EOD	Definitions include: acronym for "End of Day."
EOF	Definitions include: acronym for "end of file".
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Other terms relating to 'odd':
odd duck	Definitions include: a strange person.

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