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screwball


 
  Grep  of  noun  screwball 
  screwball 
  screwballer 
 
  Overview  of  noun  screwball 
 
  The  noun  screwball  has  2  senses  (no  senses  from  tagged  texts) 
 
  1.  crackpot,  crank,  nut,  nut  case,  nutcase,  fruitcake,  screwball  --  (a  whimsically  eccentric  person) 
  2.  screwball  --  (a  pitch  with  reverse  spin  that  curves  toward  the  side  of  the  plate  from  which  it  was  thrown) 
 
  Overview  of  adj  screwball 
 
  The  adj  screwball  has  1  sense  (no  senses  from  tagged  texts) 
 
  1.  crazy,  half-baked,  screwball,  softheaded,  meshuga,  meshugge  --  ((informal)  foolish;  totally  unsound;  "an  impractical  solution";  "a  crazy  scheme";  "half-baked  ideas";  "a  screwball  proposal  without  a  prayer  of  working") 
 
  Antonyms  of  adj  screwball 
 
  1  sense  of  screwball 
 
  Sense  1 
  crazy,  half-baked,  screwball,  softheaded,  meshuga,  meshugge 
 
  INDIRECT  (VIA  impractical)  ->  practical 
 
  Similarity  of  adj  screwball 
 
  1  sense  of  screwball 
 
  Sense  1 
  crazy,  half-baked,  screwball,  softheaded,  meshuga,  meshugge 
  =>  impractical  (vs.  practical) 
 
  Attributes  of  adj  screwball 
 
 
  Familiarity  of  adj  screwball 
 
  screwball  used  as  an  adjective  is  very  rare  (polysemy  count  =  1) 
 
  Grep  of  adj  screwball 
  screwball 
 
  Overview  of  noun  screwball 
 
  The  noun  screwball  has  2  senses  (no  senses  from  tagged  texts) 
 
  1.  crackpot,  crank,  nut,  nut  case,  nutcase,  fruitcake,  screwball  --  (a  whimsically  eccentric  person) 
  2.  screwball  --  (a  pitch  with  reverse  spin  that  curves  toward  the  side  of  the  plate  from  which  it  was  thrown) 
 
  Overview  of  adj  screwball 
 
  The  adj  screwball  has  1  sense  (no  senses  from  tagged  texts) 
 
  1.  crazy,  half-baked,  screwball,  softheaded,  meshuga,  meshugge  --  ((informal)  foolish;  totally  unsound;  "an  impractical  solution";  "a  crazy  scheme";  "half-baked  ideas";  "a  screwball  proposal  without  a  prayer  of  working") 



screwball definition