Dictionary of American slang and colloquial expressions. 2015.
Screw around — Screw Screw, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Screwed}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Screwing}.] 1. To turn, as a screw; to apply a screw to; to press, fasten, or make firm, by means of a screw or screws; as, to screw a lock on a door; to screw a press. [1913 Webster] 2 … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
screw around — {v. phr.}, {vulgar}, {avoidable} To hang around idly without accomplishing anything, to loaf about, to beat or hack around. * /You guys are no longer welcome here; all you do is screw around all day./ … Dictionary of American idioms
screw around — {v. phr.}, {vulgar}, {avoidable} To hang around idly without accomplishing anything, to loaf about, to beat or hack around. * /You guys are no longer welcome here; all you do is screw around all day./ … Dictionary of American idioms
screw around — (with (someone)) 1. to have sex with someone who is not your regular partner. I think I saw the guy that she s been screwing around with. 2. to annoy someone by wasting their time. You ll be sorry if you screw around with Captain Legore … New idioms dictionary
screw around — (with (something)) to waste time. Stop screwing around and finish your work. They spent the whole morning screwing around with Jeff s motorcycle … New idioms dictionary
screw around — intransitive verb slang : to waste or pass time : loiter got all night to screw around here Richard Bissell * * * 1) vulgar slang have many different sexual partners 2) informal fool around * * * screw around [phrasal verb] chiefly US informal … Useful english dictionary
screw around — phrasal verb [intransitive] Word forms screw around : present tense I/you/we/they screw around he/she/it screws around present participle screwing around past tense screwed around past participle screwed around impolite 1) to have a lot of sexual … English dictionary
screw around — v. (colloq.) (D; intr.) ( to fool around ) to screw around with USAGE NOTE: This verb also has an obscene meaning. * * * [ skruːə raʊnd] (colloq.) (D; intr.) ( to fool around ) to screw around with (USAGE NOTE: This verb also has an obscene… … Combinatory dictionary
screw\ around — v. phr. vulgar avoidable To hang around idly without accomplishing anything, to loaf about, to beat or hack around. You guys are no longer welcome here; all you do is screw around all day … Словарь американских идиом
screw around — I v To have love affairs. (Use your imagination). 1970s II v Waste time. If you screw around all day at this work, you will have to come back again. 1970s … Historical dictionary of American slang
