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   Screw·ball

   /ˈskro͞oˌbôl/

   

   noun

   • 1. a crazy or eccentric person: informal "she was dating a real screwball"
   • 2. a pitched ball that moves in a direction opposite to that of a curveball.

   adjective

   • 1. crazy; absurd: informal "what possessed you to ask a screwball question like that?"
   • ▪ relating to or denoting a style of fast-moving comedy film involving eccentric characters or ridiculous situations: informal "a screwball comedy in which two different couples find themselves sharing a house"

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   What is screwball slang?

   • 2. a pitched baseball that veers toward the side from which it was thrown, counter to the motion of a curve ball. 3. Slang. eccentric or whimsical: screwball ideas. Random House Kernerman Webster's College Dictionary, © 2010 K Dictionaries Ltd. Copyright 2005, 1997, 1991 by Random House, Inc.

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   What is a screwball & how does it work?

   • The screwball is sometimes referred to as a reverse curveball. It’s a breaking / off-speed pitch hybrid that moves away from an opposite-handed batter; a right-handed pitcher’s screwball breaks away from a left-handed batter. Picture a curveball and reverse it. That’s just about what a screwball does.

   The screwball pitch: what it is, how to throw it & pitchers who do

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   What does it mean to throw a screwball?

   • Throwing a screwball is something like throwing sidearm or submarine-style. Because it looks and feels so that’s gotta hurt, confirmation bias clouds the conversation and muddies the waters. Mike Marshall threw screwballs for 14 years.

   The screwball pitch: what it is, how to throw it & pitchers who do

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   Where did the screwball come from?

   • The origins of the screwball are very difficult to trace, as it was considered to simply be a different version of a curveball in its early years. Hall of Famer Carl Hubbell, who used the screwball to rejuvenate his career, brought notoriety to the pitch. Héctor Santiago and Brent Honeywell are two of the more recent pitchers to throw a screwball.

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3. www.merriam-webster.com › dictionary › screwballScrewball Definition & Meaning - Merriam-Webster

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   The meaning of SCREWBALL is a baseball pitch that spins and breaks in the opposite direction to a curve. How to use screwball in a sentence.

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   noun. Slang. an eccentric or irrational person; a nut: When the FBI first looked into him, they thought he was a harmless screwball. Baseball. a pitched ball that curves toward the side of the plate from which it was thrown, in a trajectory opposite to that of a curve ball: Has the once popular screwball vanished completely from the major leagues?

5. dictionary.cambridge.org › english › screwballSCREWBALL | definition in the Cambridge English Dictionary

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   Learn the meaning of screwball as a noun, adjective and slang term in English. Find out how to use screwball in different contexts, such as baseball, comedy and alien life-forms.

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   SCREWBALL definition: 1. a person who behaves in a strange and funny way 2. a ball that is thrown during a baseball game…. Learn more.

7. www.vocabulary.com › dictionary › screwballScrewball - Definition, Meaning & Synonyms | Vocabulary.com

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   Definitions of screwball. noun. a pitch with reverse spin that curves toward the side of the plate from which it was thrown. see more. noun. a whimsically eccentric person. synonyms: crackpot, crank, fruitcake, nut, nut case. see more. adjective.

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9. www.collinsdictionary.com › english › screwballSCREWBALL definition in American English | Collins English ...

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   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. 3. Slang. peculiar; irrational. Webster’s New World College Dictionary, 4th Edition.

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    1. Slang. an eccentric or wildly whimsical person; a kook. 2. a pitched baseball that veers toward the side from which it was thrown, counter to the motion of a curve ball. adj. 3. Slang. eccentric or whimsical: screwball ideas. [1925–30, Amer.]