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screwball

Pronunciation: /ˈskruːbɔːl/
chiefly North American
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Definition of screwball

noun

  • 1 Baseball a ball pitched with reverse spin as compared to a curve ball.
  • 2 informal a crazy or eccentric person: she was dating a real screwball

adjective

informal
  • crazy; absurd: what possessed you to ask a screwball question like that?
  • relating to or denoting a style of fast-moving comedy film involving eccentric characters or ridiculous situations: a screwball comedy in which two different couples find themselves sharing a house

Derivatives

screwballer

noun

screwball in other Oxford dictionaries

Definition of screwball in the US English dictionary
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