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screwball definition

☆ screw·ball (skro̵̅o̅′bôl′)

noun

  1. Baseball a ball thrown by a right-handed pitcher that curves to the right, or one thrown by a left-handed pitcher that curves to the left
  2. Slang a person who seems erratic, irrational, unconventional, or unbalanced

adjective

Slang peculiar; irrational

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
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