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Completely madcap
Answer for the clue "Completely madcap ", 6 letters:
screwy
Alternative clues for the word screwy
Word definitions for screwy in dictionaries
Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
Word definitions in Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
1820, "tipsy, slightly drunk," from screw (n.) + -y (2.). Sense of "crazy, ridiculous" first recorded 1887. Related: Screwily ; screwiness .
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
Word definitions in Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
adjective EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES ▪ It sounded like a pretty screwy idea to me. ▪ She has these screwy theories about how crystals can cure all kinds of illnesses. EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS ▪ It was screwy , but so was everything else in this case. ▪ Just ...
WordNet
Word definitions in WordNet
adj. not behaving normally [syn: screw-loose ] [also: screwiest , screwier ]
Usage examples of screwy.
There was Lew, who at fifteen was two years older than us, but still in the eighth grade because he had been held back twice, and Screwy, which just about sums him up, and me, who they called Sleeves because I always wore long-sleeve shirts.
Lew had been held back, or if Screwy had a row of five studs implanted along the side of his nose.
In the morning I met Lew and Screwy in the parking lot and we sat near the day lilies and pitched gravel at the NORTH POINTE MIDDLE SCHOOL HOME OF THE PATRIOTS sign.
Now at this point, Screwy gave us a demonstration of how he earned his nickname.
Unthinkingly, I did and only later realized Lew and Screwy were by themselves, watching me.
Lew and Screwy and I had planned to go to the movies on Saturday night.
She thought Lew and Screwy were a disease, infecting me with terminal normality.
So I left, fled the room and the staring faces, waited for Lew and Screwy to be dismissed at our usual meeting place in the parking lot.
The next day I sat with Lew and Screwy at lunch and Screwy told me about the latest rumor.
And then the call came, Screwy on the other end, breathless, incoherent at first, finally spitting out the news.
By Saturday, a fit of nerves almost sent me to the movies with Lew and Screwy, but instead I rolled a bathing suit in a towel and headed for the party.
I met Lew and Screwy in the parking lot and we sat near the day lilies and pitched gravel at the NORTH POINTE MIDDLE SCHOOL --HOME OF THE PATRIOTS sign.
I left, fled the room and the staring faces, waited for Lew and Screwy to be dismissed at our usual meeting place in the parking lot.
I sat with Lew and Screwy at lunch and Screwy told me about the latest rumor.
Saturday, a fit of nerves almost sent me to the movies with Lew and Screwy, but instead I rolled a bathing suit in a towel and headed for the party.