He is a screwball.
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Screwball
//ˈskɹuːbɔːl//
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13 translations across 6 languages.
Bulgarian
1 entries- чешит noun (crazy person)
Finnish
1 entries- sekopää noun (crazy person)
French
1 entries- fêlé noun (crazy person)
German
4 entries- absurd adj (crazy, offbeat, bizarre)
- hirnverbrannt adj (crazy, offbeat, bizarre)
- verrückt adj (crazy, offbeat, bizarre)
- Irrer noun (crazy person)
Japanese
1 entries- スクリュー noun (type of pitch)
Romanian
1 entries- țicnit noun (crazy person)
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Tom is a screwball.
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The screwball is not thrown much because it tends to damage pitcher's arms.
Source: wiktionary
I will not listen to this screwball any longer.
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