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screwball
adjective
noun
Foolish; totally unsound
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ˈskɹuːbɔːl
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adjective
Foolish; totally unsound
“A crazy scheme”
noun
A pitch with reverse spin that curves toward the side of the plate from which it was thrown
noun
A whimsically eccentric person
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A crazy scheme
Half-baked ideas
A screwball proposal without a prayer of working
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