screw
To connect or assemble pieces using a screwTo connect or assemble pieces using a screw.
» Tom screwed in the light bulb.
Tom schraubte die Glühbirne hinein.
Том вкрутил лампочку.
Том вкрутив лампочку.
Meaning
10 senses(transitive)To connect or assemble pieces using a screw.
schrauben, anziehen, anschrauben
приви́нчиватьprivínčivatʹ, привинти́тьprivintítʹ
(ambitransitive, slang, vulgar)To have sexual intercourse with.
ficken, vögeln, bumsen
тра́хатьtráxatʹ, тра́хнутьtráxnutʹ, дрю́читьdrjúčitʹ
have sexual intercourse with
(slang, transitive)To cheat someone or ruin their chances in a game or other situation.
betrügen, verarschen, reinlegen
одура́чиватьoduráčivatʹ, одура́читьoduráčitʹ, облапо́шиватьoblapóšivatʹ
(transitive)To extort or practice extortion upon; to oppress by unreasonable or extortionate exactions; to put the screws on.
(transitive)To contort.
krümmen, verziehen, verwinden
(transitive)To miskick (a ball) by hitting it with the wrong part of the foot.
To screw back.
turn like a screw
(US, dated, slang)To examine (a student) rigidly; to subject to a severe examination.
(US, dated, imperative, intransitive, often, slang)To leave; to go away; to scram.
(colloquial, imperative, mildly, transitive, vulgar)Used to express great displeasure with, or contemptuous dismissal of, someone or something. To give up on, to abandon, delay, to not think about someone or something.
Screw those jerks, and screw their stupid rules!
Screw the homework for now.
Examples
308 sentencesTom screwed in the light bulb.
Том вкрутив лампочку. — deniko
ruТом вкрутил лампочку. — afyodor
deTom schraubte die Glühbirne hinein. — brauchinet
You're going to screw this up.
Tom promised not to screw up.
How small a screw do you need?
deWie klein muss die Schraube sein, die du brauchst? — Pfirsichbaeumchen
We screwed up there.
Ми там облажалися. — deniko
Translations
8 languagesBy meaning 4
By meaning 5
Origin
From Middle English screw, scrue (“screw”); apparently, despite the difference in meaning,From Middle English screw, scrue (“screw”); apparently, despite the difference in meaning, from Old French escroue (“nut, cylindrical socket, screwhole”), from Latin scrōfa (“female pig”) through comparison with the corkscrew shape of a pig's penis. There is also the Old French escruve (“screw”), from Old Dutch *scrūva ("screw"; whence Middle Dutch schruyve (“screw”)), which probably influenced or conflated with the aforementioned, resulting in the Middle English word.
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Forms
screws, screwing, screwed, screwedPhrasal verbs
7 phrasal verbs- screw upзробити помилку, помилятисяTo tighten or secure with screws.
- screw offTo remove the lid of a jar or other container by unscrewing it.
- screw backTo cue the cue ball in such a way as to impart backspin. On impact, the ball will follow a reverse trajectory according to the spin.
- screw overTo cheat someone, or ruin their chances in a game or other situation.
- screw aroundTo make out or engage in sexual activity, usually without actually having sex.
- screw aboutSynonym of screw around.
- screw withTo fiddle with; to tinker; to affect negatively.
Synonyms
69 synonyms- cause to penetrate, as with a circular motion:drive in
- defeat someone through trickery or deceit:cheatchouseshaftchicanejockey
- have sexual intercourse with:sleep togetherroll in the haylovemake outmake lovesleep withhave sexknow
Antonyms
1 antonymsWord family
11 related wordsLessons for this word
3 lessons- A1Present simple — Because it is a verb
- A1Past simple, regular verbs — Because of its past form
- A2Present perfect: introduction — Because of its past participle