[screw.ball] n (1928) 1: a baseball pitch that spins and breaks in the opposite direction to a curve
2: a whimsical, eccentric, or crazy person: zany
[2]screwball adj (ca. 1936): crazily eccentric or whimsical: zany
[screw.ball] n (1928) 1: a baseball pitch that spins and breaks in the opposite direction to a curve
2: a whimsical, eccentric, or crazy person: zany
[2]screwball adj (ca. 1936): crazily eccentric or whimsical: zany
Merriam-Webster English vocab. Английский словарь Merriam Webster. 2012