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Wordnet 3.0

NOUN (2)

1. a whimsically eccentric person;
[syn: crackpot, crank, nut, nut case, fruitcake, screwball]

2. a pitch with reverse spin that curves toward the side of the plate from which it was thrown;


ADJECTIVE (1)

1. foolish; totally unsound;
- Example: "a crazy scheme"
- Example: "half-baked ideas"
- Example: "a screwball proposal without a prayer of working"
[syn: crazy, half-baked, screwball, softheaded]



The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

screwball \screw"ball\, n.
   1. An eccentric or crazy person; an oddball.
      [PJC]

   2. (Baseball) A baseball pitch that curves in the direction
      opposite to that of a curve ball.
      [PJC]


The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

screwball \screw"ball\, adj.
   1. Eccentric; zany; crazy; as, screwball antics; a screwball
      comedy.
      [PJC]

   2. Ridiculously unsound; improbable or doomed to failure; --
      of plans or ideas; as, a screwball plan to raise cocoanuts
      in Alaska.
      [PJC]


WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

screwball
    adj 1: foolish; totally unsound; "a crazy scheme"; "half-baked
           ideas"; "a screwball proposal without a prayer of
           working" [syn: crazy, half-baked, screwball,
           softheaded]
    n 1: a whimsically eccentric person [syn: crackpot, crank,
         nut, nut case, fruitcake, screwball]
    2: a pitch with reverse spin that curves toward the side of the
       plate from which it was thrown