Hyphenation of screwball

Wondering how to hyphenate the English word screwball? This word can be hyphenated and contains 2 syllables as shown below.

screw-ball

Definitions of screwball:

1.	A whimsically eccentric person
2.	A pitch with reverse spin that curves toward the side of the plate from which it was thrown
3.	Foolish Totally unsound A crazy scheme Half-baked ideas A screwball proposal without a prayer of working

Synonyms of screwball:

adj	crazy, half-baked, softheaded, impractical
noun	crackpot, crank, nut, nut case, nutcase, fruitcake, eccentric, eccentric person, flake, oddball, geek
noun	pitch, delivery

Last hyphenations of this language

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Hyphenator

The hyphen is a punctuation mark used to join words and to separate syllables of a single word. The use of hyphens is called hyphenation. The hyphen should not be confused with dashes, which are longer and have different uses, or with the minus sign, which is also longer in some contexts. Some words can be hyphenated in different places and you can use this website to find out where. Also reffered to as syllable counter and divider.