Sekirov Dictionary

screwball

/ˈskɹuːbɔːl/

noun 3
adjective 1
forms 3

noun3

•
A pitch thrown with added pressure by the index finger and a twisting wrist motion resulting in a motion to the right when thrown by a right-handed pitcher.
- The screwball is not thrown much because it tends to damage pitcher's arms.
•
(informal, disapproving) One who behaves in a crazy manner.
- I will not listen to this screwball any longer.
A screwball comedy.

adjective1

•
(informal) Crazy, offbeat, bizarre, zany, or weird.
- Also a big hand for Silver Linings Playbook, an exuberant modern screwball comedy we had, in an unseemly fit of cynicism, deemed "too entertaining" for Academy voters. — 2013

forms

screwballs · more screwball · most screwball

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