a whimsically eccentric person
Used in a Sentence
screwball
How to use screwball in a sentence. Example sentences and definitions for screwball.
Editorial note
Or you have a choice between a bunch of offerings with the exact same screwball terms.
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Definitions3
Parts of speech2
Quick take
a whimsically eccentric person
Meaning at a glance
The clearest senses and uses of screwball gathered in one view.
a pitch with reverse spin that curves toward the side of the plate from which it was thrown
foolish; totally unsound; "a crazy scheme"; "half-baked ideas"; "a screwball proposal without a prayer of working"
Definitions
Core meanings and parts of speech for screwball.
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"; "half-baked ideas"; "a screwball proposal without a prayer of working"
See also: crazy, half-baked, softheaded
Example sentences
Or you have a choice between a bunch of offerings with the exact same screwball terms.
It's always a pleasure to see a screwball actor flourish on being cast outside type.
We need to make sure we don't get locked-in by screwball APIs or data formats.
Is there even some remote screwball application for having to have one machine handle 1,000,000 requests?
In any normal population of sufficient size you're going to have some screwball outliers.
That's not evidence of anything, it's just an outline of someone's screwball opinion.
Dealing with screwball windings with no ready way to discern their orientation make this one thing a piece of feedback manna.
The first type will also like stupid screwball Adam Sandler comedies, while the second type will go for more indie, artistic fare.
And in any situation of sufficient gravity and chaos everyone becomes a screwball outlier.
Unless you really need some screwball exotic feature set that Cisco offers you can find feature/performance parity easily.
If the law was computer software, at this point it would be a giant unmanageable screwball of spaghetti code that would crash daily and would require patches 3 times a week.
So in the Eighth Tournament, someone came up with the screwball idea that maybe they shouldn't bother even fighting at all unless they came under attack from their enemy.
Frequently asked questions
Short answers drawn from the clearest meanings and examples for this word.
How do you use screwball in a sentence?
Or you have a choice between a bunch of offerings with the exact same screwball terms.
What does screwball mean?
a whimsically eccentric person
What part of speech is screwball?
screwball is commonly used as noun, adjective.