screwball 1
adjectivedomain: all adj
Princeton WordNet [ver.3.1]
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EnglishDefinition
foolish; totally unsound
Examples
- 1.half-baked ideas
- 2.a crazy scheme
- 3.a screwball proposal without a prayer of working
Domain_of_synset_-_USAGE
colloquialism 1
noun
a colloquial expression; characteristic of spoken or written communication that seeks to imitate informal speech
EnglishDerivationally related form
screwball 1
noun
a whimsically eccentric person
Member_of_this_domain_-_USAGE
colloquialism 1
noun
a colloquial expression; characteristic of spoken or written communication that seeks to imitate informal speech
Similar_to
impractical 1
adjective
not practical; not workable or not given to practical matters
