Search for crossword answers and clues
Crazy Gang led by small US comedian
Answer for the clue "Crazy Gang led by small US comedian ", 9 letters:
screwball
Alternative clues for the word screwball
Word definitions for screwball in dictionaries
Wikipedia
Word definitions in Wikipedia
A screwball is a baseball pitch that is thrown so as to break in the opposite direction of a slider or curveball . Depending on the pitcher's arm angle, the ball may also have a sinking action. Carl Hubbell was one of the most renowned screwball pitchers ...
WordNet
Word definitions in WordNet
n. a whimsically eccentric person [syn: crackpot , crank , nut , nut case , nutcase , fruitcake ] a pitch with reverse spin that curves toward the side of the plate from which it was thrown
Wiktionary
Word definitions in Wiktionary
a. (context originally US English) Crazy, offbeat, bizarre, zany, or weird. n. 1 (context baseball English) 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 ...
Usage examples of screwball.
In addition to Doan and Carstairs, he created such series sleuths as Ben Shaley, Doc Flame, Bail Bond Dodd, the fudge, Jim Daniels, and another brilliantly screwball private eye, Max Latin.
There were so many unpopular and nonrespectable ideas that he espoused, that he earned himself such epithets as screwball, crackpot and worse—with the consequent loss of friends .
They should quit reading those damned little squibs in the popular science magazines, for starters -- I get enough screwball mail as it is.
I yearn to be the instrument through which God reunites you screwballs.
To do any of those things, I should start by enchanting her, fascinating her with my wit, deliver some of those fine lines movie stars toss off with such ease in screwball comedies.