screwball

/skɹˈuːbɔːl/

/ˈskɹuˌbɔɫ/

Screwball

a whimsically eccentric person

synonyms : crackpot

a pitch with reverse spin that curves toward the side of the plate from which it was thrown

screwball

foolish; totally unsound

synonyms : crazy

Examples

1. but it's a screwball comedy

2. And her first film was more of a screwball, romantic comedy.

3. The family life actually just kind of sounds like a 1930s screwball comedy, honestly.

4. The 1940 feature is actually a screwball comedy in which a former model uses invisibility to stop some idiot gangsters.