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(baseball) 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.
(US) One who behaves in a crazy manner.
(originally US) Crazy, offbeat, bizarre, zany, or weird.
* 2013 , Tom Shone, Oscar nominations pull a surprise by showing some taste – but will it last?'' (in ''The Guardian , 11 January 2013)[http://www.guardian.co.uk/film/filmblog/2013/jan/11/oscar-nominations-surprise-taste]
As a noun screwball is
(baseball) 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.As an adjective screwball is
(originally us) crazy, offbeat, bizarre, zany, or weird.wikidiffcom
Not English
Wikidiffcom has no English definition. It may be misspelled.screwball
English
Noun
(en noun)- The screwball is not thrown much because it tends to damage pitcher's arms.
- I will not listen to this screwball any longer.
Adjective
(en adjective)- 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.