0 a person who behaves in a strange and funny way --
1 a ball that is thrown during a baseball game so that it curves to one side --
2 used to describe a type of film in which there are funny characters and silly situations: --
a screwball comedy
3 a person who is strange and amusing --
The arm trouble may have been a result of his reliance on the fadeaway, or screwball, which involves turning the wrist outward as the pitch is delivered.
As well as fitting in the culinary mystery niche, her books are followed by romance novelist enthusiasts and also have a humorous, screwball adventure flavor.
Their relationship sometimes resembles a screwball comedy minus the romance.
Like farce, screwball comedies often involve mistaken identities or other circumstances in which a character or characters try to keep some important fact a secret.
His pitch selection included a drop curve and an inshoot, which was probably the modern screwball.
He was very successful with an effective curveball, a change of pace, and a version of the screwball.
The pitch has the speed of a fastball, but the general movement of a screwball.
He is also one of the few pitchers in recent years to throw a screwball.
