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screwball in Finnish

screwball in Finnish is sekopää — screwball means a baseball pitch thrown with a twisting wrist motion that curves opposite to a normal curveball.

screwball in Finnish

sekopää
noun
(US) One who behaves in a crazy manner.

What does "screwball" mean?

  1. noun A baseball pitch thrown with a twisting wrist motion that curves opposite to a normal curveball.
    "The pitcher struck him out with a wicked screwball."
  2. noun (informal) A person who acts in an eccentric or crazy way.
    "Her uncle is a real screwball who collects traffic cones."
  3. adj Eccentric, zany, or absurd, especially in a comic way.
    "The film is a classic screwball comedy from the 1930s."
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screwball in a sentence

  • The pitcher struck him out with a wicked screwball.
  • Her uncle is a real screwball who collects traffic cones.
  • The film is a classic screwball comedy from the 1930s.
  • They had a screwball plan to drive cross-country in a golf cart.

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What is "screwball" in Finnish?

"screwball" in Finnish is sekopää. screwball means: A baseball pitch thrown with a twisting wrist motion that curves opposite to a normal curveball.

How do you use "screwball" in a sentence?

Example: "The pitcher struck him out with a wicked screwball." In Finnish, "screwball" is sekopää.

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