screwballnoun [ C ]
uk/ˈskruː.bɔːl/us/ˈskruː.bɑːl/screwball noun [ C ] (PERSON)
mainly US informal a person who behaves in a strange and funny way
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Strange, suspicious and unnatural things and people
- alien
- anomaly
- Dalek
- deviant
- fairy
- fish
- Frankenstein
- Martian
- monster
- mutant
- oddball
- oddity
- perv
- quirk
- spaceman
- time traveller
- twilight
- twilight zone idiom
- wacko
- weirdo
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screwball noun [ C ] (BALL)
US a ball that is thrown during a baseball game so that it curves to one side
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Baseball & rounders
- backstop
- ball
- ballgame
- base hit
- batting average
- bunt
- catcher
- curveball
- double
- glove
- grounder
- groundout
- home run
- infielder
- peg
- pitcher
- sock
- southpaw
- stuff
- the World Series
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screwballadjective
uk/ˈskruː.bɔːl/us/ˈskruː.bɑːl/mainly USused to describe a type of film in which there are funny characters and silly situations:
a screwball comedy
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Stupid and silly behaviour
- antics
- buffoon
- crazy
- fatuous
- folly
- foolery
- game
- idiocy
- imprudent
- kid
- lark
- ludicrous
- madness
- mindless
- puerile
- silliness
- stupidity
- the games (that) people play idiom
- tomfoolery
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