screwball (redirected from screwballs)

screw·ball  (skrbôl)

n.

1. Baseball A pitched ball that curves in the direction opposite to that of a normal curve ball.

2. Slang An eccentric, impulsively whimsical, or irrational person.

adj. Slang

Impulsively whimsical; eccentric: That screwball proposal won't work.

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screwball [ˈskruːˌbɔːl] Slang chiefly US and Canadian

n

an odd or eccentric person

adj

odd; zany; eccentric

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	screwball - a whimsically eccentric person       crackpot, fruitcake, nut case, crank, nut eccentric, eccentric person, oddball, flake, geek - a person with an unusual or odd personality
	2.	screwball - a pitch with reverse spin that curves toward the side of the plate from which it was thrown pitch, delivery - (baseball) the act of throwing a baseball by a pitcher to a batter
Adj.	1.	screwball - foolish; totally unsound; "a crazy scheme"; "half-baked ideas"; "a screwball proposal without a prayer of working" half-baked, softheaded, crazy colloquialism - a colloquial expression; characteristic of spoken or written communication that seeks to imitate informal speech impractical - not practical; not workable or not given to practical matters; "refloating the ship proved impractical because of the expense"; "he is intelligent but too impractical for commercial work"; "an impractical solution"

Translations

screwball [ˈskruːbɔːl] (esp US)

A. ADJ → excéntrico, estrafalario

B. N → chiflado/a m/f, chalado/a m/f, tarado/a m/f (esp LAm)

screwball [ˈskruːbɔːl]

modif [comedy] → délirant(e)

n → doux* dingue $(douce)m/f
screw cap n → couvercle m qui se visse

screwball [ˈskruːˌbɔːl] (fam) (esp Am)

1. n → testa matta, svitato/a

1. adj → mezzo matto/a, svitato/a