SCREWBALL


Meaning of SCREWBALL in English

chiefly N. Amer.

■ noun

1》 Baseball a ball pitched with reverse spin as compared to a curve ball.

2》 informal a crazy or eccentric person.

■ adjective informal crazy; absurd.

↘relating to or denoting a style of fast-moving comedy film involving eccentric characters or ridiculous situations.

Derivatives

~er noun

Concise Oxford English vocab.      Сжатый оксфордский словарь английского языка.