SCREWBALL


Meaning of SCREWBALL in English

transcription, транскрипция: [ skru:bɔ:l ]

( screwballs)

1.

Screwball comedy is silly and eccentric in an amusing and harmless way. ( INFORMAL )

...a remake of a ’50s classic screwball comedy.

ADJ : ADJ n

2.

If you say that someone is a screwball , you mean that they do strange or crazy things. ( INFORMAL )

N-COUNT [ disapproval ]

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