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screwball
/ˈskɹuːbɔːl/
noun 3adj 1
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3ADJ.
exuberant, longer, modern
VERB + SCREWBALL
listen
SCREWBALL + NOUN
comedy
Definitions
noun
1
A pitch thrown with added pressure by the index finger and a twisting wrist motion resulting in a motion to the right when thrown by a right-handed pitcher.
The screwball is not thrown much because it tends to damage pitcher's arms.
2
One who behaves in a crazy manner.
I will not listen to this screwball any longer.
3
A screwball comedy.
adj
1
Crazy, offbeat, bizarre, zany, or weird.
Also a big hand for Silver Linings Playbook, an exuberant modern screwball comedy we had, in an unseemly fit of cynicism, deemed "too entertaining" for Academy voters.
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The screwball is not thrown much because it tends to damage pitcher's arms.
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I will not listen to this screwball any longer.
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Also a big hand for Silver Linings Playbook, an exuberant modern screwball comedy we had, in an unseemly fit of cynicism, deemed "too entertaining" for Academy voters.
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He is a screwball.
Tatoeba · #29180105
Tom is a screwball.
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