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screwball::adjective | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Synonyms | crazy, half-baked, softheaded |
a screwball proposal without a prayer of working.
Examples of screwball
screwball
Seldom reaching 90 mph with his fastball, Braden did it mostly with a screwball.
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I liked it because it felt like one of those Preston Sturges screwball comedies.
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The screwball as saint is a national fantasy figure cherished by U.S. playgoers.
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Cary Grant, the consummate screwball comedy star, would have made a great Henry.
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His screwball-comedy style isn't as fluid as it should be, and some scenes stall.
From the fresnobee.com
American River College Theatre serves up a screwball comedy set in 1929 Hollywood.
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It is history, philosophy and media criticism delivered at screwball-comedy speed.
From the signonsandiego.com
Of course, Hollywood will have the same problem as in the screwball comedies.
From the ocregister.com
It's more of a screwball comedy and poignant coming-of-age story set in 1953.
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- Crackpot: a whimsically eccentric person
- Crazy: foolish; totally unsound; "a crazy scheme"; "half-baked ideas"; "a screwball proposal without a prayer of working"
- A pitch with reverse spin that curves toward the side of the plate from which it was thrown
- A screwball (also known as the screwgie), is a baseball pitch that is thrown so as to break in the opposite direction of a slider.
- Screwball is a New York City hip hop group, with members Hostyle, KL, Blaq Poet, & Solo. Their debut Y2K The Album was released in 2000 on Tommy Boy Records. The album yielded two singles; "H-O-S-T-Y-L-E" and the surprising and virtually unbroadcastable "F.A.Y.B.A.N. ...
- A screwball is a type of ice cream that first appeared in the 1970s. It consists of a cone of flavoured ice cream inside a conical, plastic cup with a gumball at the bottom. In the United Kingdom, gumballs are usually referred to as 'screwballs'. ...
- The Screwball is the seventh animated cartoon short subject in the Woody Woodpecker series. Released theatrically on February 15, 1943, the film was produced by Walter Lantz Productions and distributed by Universal Pictures. The film is set at a baseball park. ...
- A pitch thrown with added pressure by the index finger and a twisting wrist motion resulting in a motion to the right when thrown by a right-handed pitcher; One who behaves in a crazy or screwball manner; Crazy, offbeat, bizarre, zany, or weird
- "A pitch that went awry. It went from that to meaning someone who's a little eccentric."
