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screw verb- to have sex UK, 1725
- What are you going to screw tonight, eh? Who? Your brother-in-law? — George Mandel, Flee the Angry Strangers, p. 50, 1952
- [S]hore, come on with us and we’ll all screw ya at ten thousand feet[.] — Jack Kerouac, The Dharma Bums, p. 24, 1958
- “But decent girls don’t screw,” Max said. — Willard Motley, Let No Man Write My Epitaph, p. 178, 1958
- [H]e wouldn’t sure ’nough hurt her like he’d do if he caught her screwing some other nigger. — Chester Himes, The Real Cool Killers, p. 59, 1959
- The various chapter prospects were showing everyone how well they could screw and plate her. — Jamie Mandelkau, Buttons, p. 99, 1971
- He would’ve screwed this nanny goat if he couldn’t find a nymph. — Tom Robbins, Another Roadside Attraction, p. 273, 1971
- I’d bleeding murder anybody you screwed on your own[.] — Ted Lewis, Jack Carter’s Law, p. 62, 1974
- You see her. You screw her. We go home. — The Guru, 2002
- used dismissively as a synonym for “fuck” in exclamations and curses UK, 1949
- What about the gang?–Screw the gang, go and get those cards. — Mark Powell, Snap, p. 81, 2001
- to burgle UK, 1812
A C20 usage from the earlier senses (a skeleton key; and to break into a building using a skeleton key). - [T]hey had enjoyed a run of luck, screwing country houses in the prosperous Home Counties[.] — Charles Raven, Underworld Nights, p. 15, 1956
- lowdown grafting hoods [criminals] who’d set him to work screwing–send him out with a pound of jelly [gelignite]. — Derek Raymond (Robin Cook), The Crust on its Uppers, p. 57, 1962
- [T]he coppers sees them going in and thinks they’re screwing the place. — John Peter Jones, Feather Pluckers, p. 119, 1964
- [W]here are the cunts [the police] when some baghead [junkie]’s trying to screw your house? — Kevin Sampson, Outlaws, p. 210, 2001
- to swindle or cheat someone UK, 1900
- — Angela Devlin, Prison Patter, p. 102, 1996
- to ruin something UK
Probably a shortening of SCREW UP- I think they’ve screwed biology in this country for ever. — Maclean’s,
- May 1976
- to stare at someone; to look at someone accusingly AUSTRALIA, 1917
- I saw four Mods come out. They started screwing me. — Jamie Mandelkau, Buttons, p. 27, 1971
- Skitzy screwed anyone who dared catch his eye. — Martin King and Martin Knight, The Naughty Nineties, p. 145, 1999
- to leave US
- Terminology — Gene Sorrows, All About Carnivals, p. 26, 1985
- in pool, to apply spin to the cue ball to affect the course of the object ball or the cue ball after striking the object ball US
- — Steve Rushin, Pool Cool, p. 25, 1990
- to bungle or to ruin something US
A slightly cleaned up FUCK THE DOG- [H]is prayer had not been answered, and the Lord let him screw the pooch. — Tom Wolfe, The Right Stuff, p. 231, 1979
- You really know how to screw the pooch, Sarge! — John Culbertson, 13 Cent Killers, p. 62, 2003
▶ don’t screw the crew a catchphrase injunction: do not have sex with your workmates UK A corporate updating of NOTONYOUROWNDOORSTEP- But he was almost encouraging you to shag other reps! What about don’t screw the crew? — Colin Butts, Is Harry Still on the Boat?, p. 28, 2003
▶ screw daft to have sex to the point of insensibility UK Generally something of a boast.- [H]e will fuck the arse off her tonight, he thinks, he will shag her senseless, screw her daft[.] — Niall Griffiths, Grits, p. 53, 2000
▶ screw the arse off to have vigorous sex with someone UK- — Peter Crookson, Villain, 1967
- “Lucy!” cried The Journalist. “Pipes of Pangalin! I want to screw the arse off you!” “STOP IT!” screamed Dan, and he threw himself at The Journalist — Terry Jones, Douglas Adam’s Starship Titanic, p. 19, 1998
▶ screw the pooch to bungle or to ruin something US- [H]is prayer had not been answered, and the Lord let him screw the pooch. — Tom Wolfe, The Right Stuff, p. 231, 1979
- You really know how to screw the pooch, Sarge! — John Culbertson, 13 Cent Killlers, p. 62, 2003
▶ screw your brains out to have sex with great regularity and force US- She didn’t talk much but she was quite affectionate. Nearly screwed my brains out is what I’m trying to say. — Tom Robbins, Another Roadside Attraction, p. 32, 1971
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