screwball
1screw·ball
noun \ˈskrü-ˌbȯl\Definition of SCREWBALL
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: a baseball pitch that spins and breaks in the opposite direction to a curve
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: a whimsical, eccentric, or crazy person : zany
Examples of SCREWBALL
- She really did that? What a screwball.
- <a screwball who liked to save lint and bits of string>
First Known Use of SCREWBALL
1908
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Rhymes with SCREWBALL
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2screwball
adjectiveDefinition of SCREWBALL
: crazily eccentric or whimsical : zany
Examples of SCREWBALL
- <she's always off on some screwball plan>
First Known Use of SCREWBALL
circa 1936
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- Synonyms
- absurd, asinine, balmy, brainless, bubbleheaded, cockeyed, crackpot, crazy, cuckoo, daffy, daft, dippy, dotty, fatuous, featherheaded, fool, half-baked, harebrained, half-witted, inept, insane, jerky, kooky (also kookie), loony (also looney), lunatic, lunkheaded, mad, nonsensical, nutty, preposterous, sappy, foolish, senseless, silly, simpleminded, stupid, tomfool, unwise, wacky (also whacky), weak-minded, witless, zany
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