screwball
Noun
- a whimsically eccentric person
- Synonyms
- crackpot
- crank
- nut
- nut case
- fruitcake
- Less specific
- eccentric
- eccentric person
- flake
- oddball
- geek
- Related
- crazy
- half-baked
- screwball
- softheaded
- a pitch with reverse spin that curves toward the side of the plate from which it was thrown
Adjective
- foolish; totally unsound; “a crazy scheme”; “half-baked ideas”; “a screwball proposal without a prayer of working”
- Synonyms
- crazy
- half-baked
- softheaded
- Similar to
- Related
- crackpot
- crank
- nut
- nut case
- fruitcake
- screwball
- folly
- foolery
- tomfoolery
- craziness
- lunacy
- indulgence
Informal North American a crazy or eccentric person
she was dating a real screwball
Baseball North American a pitched ball that moves in a direction opposite to that of a curveball.
Adjective
- Informal North American crazy; absurd
what possessed you to ask a screwball question like that?
Film 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