(~s)
1.
Someone who is a ~ likes making jokes or doing amusing things.
He is, by nature, a ~, a witty man with a sense of fun.
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2.
The ~ in a pack of playing cards is the card which does not belong to any of the four suits.
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3.
You can call someone a ~ if you think they are behaving in a stupid or dangerous way. (INFORMAL)
Keep your eye on these ~s, you never know what they will come up with.
= idiot
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4.
If you describe someone or something as the ~ in the pack, you mean that they are different from the other people or things in their group, and can be unpredictable.
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