screwball
A pitch thrown with added pressure by the index finger and a twisting wrist motion…A pitch thrown with added pressure by the index finger and a twisting wrist motion resulting in a motion to the right when thrown by a right-handed pitcher.
» Tom is a screwball.
Значение
значений: 3A pitch thrown with added pressure by the index finger and a twisting wrist motion resulting in a motion to the right when thrown by a right-handed pitcher.
The screwball is not thrown much because it tends to damage pitcher's arms.
Screwball
(США, пренебрежительное, разговорное)One who behaves in a crazy manner.
I will not listen to this screwball any longer.
Spinner, Verrückter, Irrer
A screwball comedy.
- a pitch with reverse spin that curves toward the side of the plate from which it was thrown
- a whimsically eccentric person
Примеры
предложений: 2Tom is a screwball.
He is a screwball.
Он чудак.
Переводы
языков: 2По значениям 2
Происхождение
From screw + ball.From screw + ball.
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Формы
мн. число: screwballs| Ед. число | screwball |
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| Мн. число | screwballs |
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