SCREWBALL


Meaning of SCREWBALL in English

I. ˈskrü-ˌbȯl noun

Date: 1926

1. : a baseball pitch that spins and breaks in the opposite direction to a curve

2. : a whimsical, eccentric, or crazy person : zany

II. adjective

Date: circa 1936

: crazily eccentric or whimsical : zany

Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary.      Энциклопедический словарь английского языка Merriam Webster.