Screwball Definition & Meaning
screwball
- adjective
- foolish; totally unsound; "a crazy scheme"; "half-baked ideas"; "a screwball proposal without a prayer of working"
- noun
- a whimsically eccentric person
- a pitch with reverse spin that curves toward the side of the plate from which it was thrown
"Screwball" in song lyrics
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"Salute... Screwball"
Screwball f/ M.O.P. — Torture -
"Screwball"
Screwball — First Blood -
"what is a screwball"
AOL — AOL
Words that rhyme with screwball
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- What does screwball mean?
- foolish; totally unsound; "a crazy scheme"; "half-baked ideas"; "a screwball proposal without a prayer of working" a whimsically eccentric person a pitch with reverse spin that curves toward the side of the plate from which it was thrown
- What part of speech is screwball?
- Screwball is an adjective and a noun.
- How many definitions does screwball have?
- Screwball has 3 definitions across 2 parts of speech (adjective, noun).