Definitions for screwballs

screwballs screw·ball

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

Screwballs is a 10 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 16 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 20 points.

You can make 496 anagrams from letters in screwballs (abcellrssw).

Definitions for screwballs

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 screwballs

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

Examples for screwballs

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

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

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

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

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.

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.

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

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

Word Value for screwballs
Scrable

16

Words with friends

20

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