Screwball — meaning, pronunciation & more

Definition

a whimsically eccentric person

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

Pronunciation

🇺🇸American English

/skɹˈuːbɔːl/

🇬🇧British English

/skɹˈuːbɔːl/

🇮🇳Indian English

/skɹˈuːbɔːl/

2 syllables Say it as /skɹˈuːbɔːl/.

Examples

a crazy scheme
half-baked ideas
a screwball proposal without a prayer of working

Synonyms & Antonyms

Synonyms

fruitcake nut case half-baked crank crackpot softheaded crazy nut

Parts of Speech

noun	a whimsically eccentric person
noun	a pitch with reverse spin that curves toward the side of the plate from which it was thrown
adjective	foolish; totally unsound “a crazy scheme”

Word Forms

screwball	adjective	foolish; totally unsound
craziness	noun	foolish or senseless behavior
screwball	noun	a whimsically eccentric person

Around the World

Europe

🇩🇪German

Spinner

eine skurrile exzentrische Person

🇫🇷French

cinglé

une personne fantaisiste et excentrique

🇪🇸Spanish

excéntrico

una persona caprichosamente excéntrica

🇮🇹Italian

svitato

una persona stravagante ed eccentrica

🇳🇱Dutch

schroefbal

een grillig excentriek persoon

🇵🇹Portuguese

maluco

uma pessoa caprichosamente excêntrica

🇷🇺Russian

сумасброд

причудливо эксцентричный человек

India

🇮🇳Hindi

ऊटपटांग हरकत

एक सनकी सनकी व्यक्ति

🇧🇩Bengali

স্ক্রুবল

একটি অদ্ভুতভাবে উদ্ভট ব্যক্তি

🇮🇳Tamil

திருக்குறள்

ஒரு விசித்திரமான விசித்திரமான நபர்

🇮🇳Telugu

స్క్రూబాల్

ఒక విచిత్రమైన అసాధారణ వ్యక్తి

🇮🇳Marathi

स्क्रूबॉल

एक लहरी विलक्षण व्यक्ती

🇮🇳Gujarati

સ્ક્રુબોલ

એક વિચિત્ર તરંગી વ્યક્તિ

🇮🇳Kannada

ಸ್ಕ್ರೂಬಾಲ್

ವಿಚಿತ್ರವಾಗಿ ವಿಲಕ್ಷಣ ವ್ಯಕ್ತಿ

🇮🇳Malayalam

സ്ക്രൂബോൾ

ഒരു വിചിത്രമായ വിചിത്ര വ്യക്തി

🇮🇳Punjabi

ਪੇਚਬਾਲ

ਇੱਕ ਸਨਕੀ ਤੌਰ 'ਤੇ ਸਨਕੀ ਵਿਅਕਤੀ

🇵🇰Urdu

سکرو بال

ایک سنکی طور پر سنکی شخص

East & Southeast Asia

🇨🇳Chinese

怪僻

一个古怪的人

🇯🇵Japanese

スクリューボール

風変わりな風変わりな人

🇰🇷Korean

별난

변덕스럽게 별난 사람

🇻🇳Vietnamese

bóng vặn vít

một người lập dị đến kỳ lạ

🇹🇭Thai

สกรูบอล

เป็นคนประหลาดอย่างกระทันหัน

🇮🇩Indonesian

orang edan

orang yang sangat eksentrik

🇲🇾Malay

bola skru

seorang yang aneh aneh

Middle East

🇸🇦Arabic

أحمق

شخص غريب الأطوار

🇮🇷Persian

گلوله پیچ

یک فرد عجیب و غریب

🇹🇷Turkish

çılgınlık

acayip eksantrik bir insan

🇮🇱Hebrew

מְטוּרָף

אדם אקסצנטרי בצורה גחמנית

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