crazy vs screwball

crazy

noun
  • An insane or eccentric person; a crackpot. 

  • Eccentric behaviour; lunacy; craziness. 

adv
  • Very, extremely. 

adj
  • Out of control. 

  • Of unsound mind; insane; demented. 

  • In love; experiencing romantic feelings. 

  • Very excited or enthusiastic. 

  • Very unexpected; wildly surprising. 

screwball

noun
  • One who behaves in a crazy manner. 

  • 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 pitcher. 

adj
  • Crazy, offbeat, bizarre, zany, or weird. 

How often have the words crazy and screwball occurred in a corpus of books? (source: Google Ngram Viewer )