screwball (n.)

  1. a whimsically eccentric person

    [ Syn: crackpot , crank , nut , nut case , fruitcake ]

  2. a pitch with reverse spin that curves toward the side of the plate from which it was thrown

    screwball (adj.)

  1. foolish; totally unsound; a crazy scheme; half-baked ideas; a screwball proposal without a prayer of working

    [ Syn: crazy , half-baked , softheaded ]

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