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/ˈskɹuːbɔːl/ · noun
(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..
The screwball is not thrown much because it tends to damage pitcher's arms.
I will not listen to this screwball any longer.
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.
Unleashed as part of the second wave of Nicktoons, Rocko's Modern Life introduced young viewers to the sort of existential crises that adults face daily, all while delighting both kids and grownups with witty observational humor, screwball characters, and subversive gags.
Use screwball when its meaning, tone and grammar fit the full sentence. A synonym is not always a direct replacement.
Screwball means (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..
Common synonyms include crank, crazy, nut, half-baked.
The opposite depends on the specific sense.
The screwball is not thrown much because it tends to damage pitcher's arms.
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