screwball



screwball

1. n. an eccentric person; a clown or a dunce. (Also a rude term of address.) Tom is such a screwball!
2. n. [in baseball] a (pitched) ball that does not travel in a straight line. Jim threw another screwball, but somehow the batter hit it.

Common Names:

NameGenderPronouncedUsage
Celsus-Ancient Roman
MilesMIELZ, MIE-əlzEnglish
Diarmuid-Irish, Irish Mythology
ThỊ-Vietnamese
VitoVEE-to (Italian), BEE-to (Spanish)Italian, Spanish
HesiodHES-ee-əd (English), HEE-see-əd (English)Ancient Greek (Anglicized)