screwball
Oddball on mound
A screwball is an eccentric or crazy person: Her uncle is a lovable screwball.
In baseball, a screwball is a pitch that curves opposite to a curveball.
Screwball comedy is a film genre from the 1930s and 40s featuring zany characters and fast-paced witty dialogue: Bringing Up Baby is a classic screwball comedy.
Eccentric individual
- weirdoPeculiar person, dismissively
- kookEccentric or strange person
- characterNature, symbol, or role
- crackpotEccentric with strange ideas
nutcase · loose cannon · unpredictable · zany · madcap · unconventional · quirky · offbeat
Absurd, laughable situation
- slapstickExaggerated physical humor
- romantic comedyHumorous love story genre
- madcapRecklessly impulsive person
- zanyAmusingly absurd
hijinks · banter · wit · gag · punchline · pratfall · mistaken identity · heiress
Maximum-speed baseball throw
- sliderAdjustable interface element
- knuckleballSpinless, erratic throw
- changeupDeliberately slow pitch
- splitterSomething that separates
cutter · four-seamer · two-seamer · sinker · curveball · spin · rotation · movement
Cannot be anticipated
- capriciousSubject to sudden changes
- playfulInclined toward fun
- lightheartedCheerful and without worry
- madcapRecklessly impulsive person
chaotic · spontaneous · impulsive · antic · frolicsome · mischievous · harebrained · scatterbrained
oddball
Eccentric individual
crackpot · nutcase · loose cannon · unpredictable · zany · madcap · unconventional · quirky · offbeat · wild card
farce
Absurd, laughable situation
- slapstickExaggerated physical humor
- romantic comedyHumorous love story genre
- madcapRecklessly impulsive person
zany · hijinks · banter · wit · gag · punchline · pratfall · mistaken identity · heiress · battle of the sexes
fastball
Maximum-speed baseball throw
- sliderAdjustable interface element
- knuckleballSpinless, erratic throw
- changeupDeliberately slow pitch
splitter · cutter · four-seamer · two-seamer · sinker · curveball · spin · rotation · movement · grip
unpredictable
Cannot be anticipated
- capriciousSubject to sudden changes
- playfulInclined toward fun
- lightheartedCheerful and without worry
madcap · chaotic · spontaneous · impulsive · antic · frolicsome · mischievous · harebrained · scatterbrained · haphazard
- comedycomedy, jokes, humor, puns, sarcasm
- funnyfunny, comical, hilarious, humorous, amusing
- baseballbaseball, bat, pitchers, catchers, pitcher
- film genreshorror, comedy, drama, action, romance
- pitchfastball, curveball, slider, changeup, sinker
- comedy tropespratfall, parody, sight gag, running gag, satire
screwballconformist
One following accepted norms
conformer · straight-laced · square · straight arrow · follower
- screwball comedyChaotic romantic film genre
- screwball comediesZany romantic film genre
- screwball humorFast, chaotic comic style