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Từ điển Oxford Learners Wordfinder Dictionary
screwball
1. a whimsically eccentric person
• Syn:
crackpot, crank, nut, nut case, fruitcake
• Hypernyms:
eccentric, eccentric person, flake, oddball, geek
2. a pitch with reverse spin that curves toward the side of the plate from which it was thrown
• Hypernyms:
pitch, delivery
foolish;
totally unsound
- a crazy scheme
- half-baked ideas
- a screwball proposal without a prayer of working
• Syn:
crazy, half-baked, softheaded
• Similar to:
impractical
• Derivationally related forms:
craziness (for: crazy)
• Usage Domain:
colloquialism
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