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Definition of screwball noun from the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary

screwball

noun

/ˈskruːbɔːl/

/ˈskruːbɔːl/

(especially North American English, informal)

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a person who you think is strange or crazy and funny
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Screwball is used before these nouns:
comedy
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