screwball
English
AI In plain words
Writing a short explanation…
Written by a house AI from the entry below, in your language. The entry itself is the source.
screwball
- /ˈskɹuːbɔːl/
Rhymes with -uːbɔːl
Where it comes from
From screw + ball.
Compare typologically German Spinner (akin to spin). Also compare weirdo and weird, from Old English wyrd (“fate”), ultimately derived from Proto-Indo-European *wert- (“to turn, to spin”).
noun screwballs
- 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.
- One who behaves in a crazy manner. I will not listen to this screwball any longer.
- A screwball comedy.
adjective more screwball · most screwball
- Crazy, offbeat, bizarre, zany, or weird. 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.
Translations
Every language
noun crazy person
| Français | fêlé |
|---|---|
| Deutsch | Spinner, Verrückter, Irrer, hirnverbrannter Typ |
| Română | țicnit |
adj crazy, offbeat, bizarre
| Deutsch | verrückt, absurd, hirnverbrannt |
|---|
Talk about this word "screwball." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/screwball. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026. screwball. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/screwball "screwball." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/screwball.Cite this
@misc{screwball_2026,
title = {screwball},
howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
year = {2026},
url = {https://micwyn.com/word/screwball},
urldate = {2026-11-06}
}
