Definitions for screwball

screwball screw·ball

Spelling: [skroo-bawl]
IPA: /ˈskruˌbɔl/

Screwball is a 9 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 16 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 20 points.

You can make 415 anagrams from letters in screwball (abcellrsw).

Definitions for screwball

noun

  1. Slang. an eccentric or whimsically eccentric person; a nut.
  2. Baseball. a pitched ball that curves toward the side of the plate from which it was thrown.

adjective

  1. Slang. eccentric or whimsically eccentric:

Origin of screwball

1865-70; 1935-40 for def 2; screw + ball1

Examples for screwball

His Girl Friday (1940) A must for anyone interested in journalism (or screwball comedies).

This week: a restored edition of A Moveable Feast, a screwball romance, and an epic biography of Lance Armstrong.

We never tell him, 'Great screwball,' though, because then his elbow would hurt.

The Man Who Was Thursday: A Nightmare, by G.K. Chesterton—A nightmare all right: lurid, screwball, and grotesque.

Lovesickby Alex Wellen A screwball comedy about small-town love.

"This is what I got out of checking all the screwball factories I could reach personal and by mail," Clocker said.

Whatever came up—a screwball flying saucer or a berserk psycho waving a gun.

While son Daniel tried to reason with his pops, screwball secretary Amanda provided the, um, entertainment.

The quirky tenor of his voice, combined with his observant, mocking tone, gelled perfectly with the screwball proceedings.

Much of the material is, at least superficially, the stuff of screwball comedy.

Word Value for screwball
Scrable

16

Words with friends

20

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