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Screwball   /skrˈubˌɔl/   Listen
noun
screwball  n.  
1.
An eccentric or crazy person; an oddball.
2.
(Baseball) A baseball pitch that curves in the direction opposite to that of a curve ball.



adjective
screwball  adj.  
1.
Eccentric; zany; crazy; as, screwball antics; a screwball comedy.
2.
Ridiculously unsound; improbable or doomed to failure; of plans or ideas; as, a screwball plan to raise cocoanuts in Alaska.






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"Screwball" Quotes from Famous Books



... of this "space ship" set off another scare—also the usual cracks about screwball pilots. But Chiles and Whitted were not screwballs; they were highly respected pilots. The passenger's confirmation added weight. But even if all three had been considered deluded, the Air Force investigators could not get around the reports from Robbins Air ...
— The Flying Saucers are Real • Donald Keyhoe



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