screwball

Meaning

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.

Synonyms

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

Translations

mattoide

estrafalario

Screwball

saçma

Tollkopf

tölpelhaft

dumm

kasperhaft

Spinner

Rappelkopf

τρελός

εκκεντρικός

clownesque

écrou

Shooter

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ˈskɹuːbɔːl/

Etymology

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