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Screwball

//ˈskɹuːbɔːl// adj, noun

Definitions

Adjective
  1. 1
    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."

Adjective
  1. 1
    foolish; totally unsound wordnet
Noun
  1. 1
    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."

  2. 2
    a pitch with reverse spin that curves toward the side of the plate from which it was thrown wordnet
  3. 3
    One who behaves in a crazy manner. US

    "I will not listen to this screwball any longer."

  4. 4
    a whimsically eccentric person wordnet
  5. 5
    A screwball comedy.

Etymology

Etymology 1

From screw + ball. Compare typologically German Spinner (akin to spin). Also compare weirdo, weird (ultimately derived from Proto-Indo-European *wert-).

Etymology 2

From screw + ball. Compare typologically German Spinner (akin to spin). Also compare weirdo, weird (ultimately derived from Proto-Indo-European *wert-).

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