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plural screwballs
(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. examples
(US) One who behaves in a crazy manner. examples
comparative more screwball, superlative most screwball
(originally US) Crazy, offbeat, bizarre, zany, or weird. quotations examples
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.
2013 January 11, Tom Shone, The Guardian