Associations to the word «Screwball»
Noun
- Comedy
- Romeo
- Pitch
- Pitcher
- Cartoon
- Hollywood
- Cary
- Carole
- Farce
- Hepburn
- Baseball
- Film
- Movie
- Melodrama
- Colbert
- Ebert
- Aston
- Squirrel
- Genre
- Batter
- Katharine
- Lm
- Eileen
- Tex
- Heroine
- Godfrey
- Hawk
- Twentieth
- Avery
- Thriller
- Meade
- Starring
- Gable
- Irene
- Bringing
- Romance
- Ace
- Homage
- Ginger
- Preston
- Woody
- Screenwriter
- Romantic
- Reviewer
- Bride
- Friday
- Howard
- Powell
- Monkey
- Grant
- Technician
- Classics
- Oscar
- Doc
- Fantasy
- Sc
- Script
- Classic
- Monroe
- Geneva
- Musical
- Rogers
- Depression
- Eve
- Humor
- Critic
- Stewart
- Barbara
- Roger
- Mitchell
- Ball
- Cult
- Stanley
- Mystery
- Character
- Screen
Adjective
Wiktionary
SCREWBALL, noun. (baseball) 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.
SCREWBALL, noun. (US) One who behaves in a crazy manner.
SCREWBALL, adjective. (originally US) Crazy, offbeat, bizarre, zany, or weird.
SCREWBALL COMEDIES, noun. Plural of screwball comedy
SCREWBALL COMEDY, noun. (uncountable) A genre of motion picture or play where opposites were juxtaposed; characterized by snappy dialog, and a blend of sophistication and slapstick
SCREWBALL COMEDY, noun. (countable) A motion picture or play of this genre.
Dictionary definition
SCREWBALL, noun. A whimsically eccentric person.
SCREWBALL, noun. A pitch with reverse spin that curves toward the side of the plate from which it was thrown.
SCREWBALL, adjective. Foolish; totally unsound; "a crazy scheme"; "half-baked ideas"; "a screwball proposal without a prayer of working".
Wise words
Words, words, words! They shut one off from the universe.
Three quarters of the time one's never in contact with
things, only with the beastly words that stand for them.