screwball

Significat (Anglès)

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.
2. (US) One who behaves in a crazy manner.
3. A screwball comedy.

Adj

Crazy, offbeat, bizarre, zany, or weird.

Conceptes

poca-solta

Sinònims

crackpot

crazy

madcap

eccentric

softheaded

eccentric person

fruitcake

nut case

nut

crank

half-baked

wacky

fogy

fool

haywire

mad

madding

madman

notional

pixilated

rogue

shooter

weirdie

aberrational

shoot ball

lunatical

crack brained

bender

harlequinesque

bizarre

clown

cranky

cuckoo

daffy

daft

demented

distraught

erratic

flake

fogey

Traduccions

mattoide

estrafalario

saçma

Screwball

tölpelhaft

écrou

närrisch

Rappelkopf

Tollkopf

τρελός

εκκεντρικός

clownesque

kasperhaft

excentrique

Shooter

Pronunciat com a (IPA)

/ˈskɹuːbɔːl/

Etimologia (Anglès)

From screw + ball.
Compare typologically German Spinner (akin to spin). Also compare weirdo, weird (ultimately derived from Proto-Indo-European *wert-).