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screw

screw

52 9.8
Sex between two people, often used as a rude word
  • noun
  • /skruː/
  • Offensive
translation icon : polvo
  • Ladies... hey, do you know what winks and screws like a tiger?

Examples

  • Where you been Angel Ass, you're late for your ten o'clock screw.

  • And he said all they do at Band Camp is screw 24/7.

  • You know, give me a good screw and I'll thank you.

  • A good meal, a good screw, and a good shit.

  • And they were clearly screwing and she was married with kids.

  • I guess Sidney's been putting the screws to you, huh, Norman?

    Fiction book (1994)
  • After a romantic dinner, they went back to her place for a quick screw.

  • They decided to have a screw instead of going to the movies.

  • At the party, people were joking about having a casual screw after hours.

Synonyms

fuck
vsscrew
  • Offensive
9.9

Sex between two people

is milder and slightly less offensive in common slang
fucking
vsscrew
  • Offensive
598 9.9

Sex between two people

is crude but usually less emphatic or profane
ass
vsscrew
  • Offensive
101 9.9

Sexual activity when two people have sex

is slang too but often sounds less obscene
screwing
vsscrew
  • Offensive
9 9.9

To have sex with someone

is the same slang term but with a single-syllable informal sound
nookie
vsscrew
  • Offensive
9 9.9

Sex between people for pleasure

is more neutral or less playful in everyday crude talk
shag
vsscrew
  • Offensive
5 9.9

A casual word for sex

is more general slang not tied to British usage
nooky
vsscrew
  • Offensive
2 9.9

Sex between people

is cruder and more blunt in ordinary slang usage
roll in the hay
vsscrew
  • NSFW
1 9.2

A short, casual time when two people have sex

is plainer slang without the rustic or playful imagery
shtup
vsscrew
  • Offensive
1 9.9

A sexual activity between adults

is similar but feels more common in general slang

Antonyms

abstinence
  • NSFW
63 6.4

Choosing not to do things like drinking alcohol or having sex

46 6.8

Not having sex often for religious or personal reasons

Idioms

to screw the pooch
  • Offensive
9 9.9

Make a very bad mistake because you are not careful

screw this
  • Offensive
1 9.8

An angry short phrase you say when you give up or stop doing something

An event that makes a tense or difficult situation worse

Compounds

screw-up
  • Informal
33 6.1

A careless mistake that causes problems or embarrassment

screw-up
  • Offensive
22 7.0

A person who often makes mistakes in important situations

screw-loose
  • Offensive
12 9.0

Behaving in a strange or not sensible way

machine screw
  • Specialized
1 3.7

A metal screw with the same width along its length used with a nut or in a threaded hole

1 2.8

A small metal piece with a spiral thread that you turn to hold things together

screw eye
  • Specialized
1 5.8

A short metal rod with a round loop at one end for hanging things

A tool for pulling a cork out of a bottle

cap screw
  • Specialized
6.6

A screw with a finished head that you screw into a threaded hole to hold machine parts together

Allen screw
  • Specialized
6.3

A screw with a six-sided hole in the head that you turn with a hex key

6.8

A large strong screw with a square or six-sided head driven with a wrench into wood to hold heavy things

A small shrub with hairy leaves and bright orange-red flowers

Phillips screw
  • Specialized
3.9

A screw with a cross-shaped slot in its head that you turn with a matching screwdriver

screw jack
  • Specialized
5.6

A tool that lifts heavy things by turning a screw, often used to raise a car

screw key
  • Specialized
5.5

A small tool that fits into a screw head to turn it

screw log
  • Archaic
9.9

A long round object with rotating fins that measures how fast a ship moves in water

screw auger
  • Specialized
7.7

A hand tool with a spiral metal blade that makes holes in wood

screw augur
  • Specialized
9.9

A kind of orchid that has tall stems and a spiral of small white, sweet-smelling flowers

screw bean
  • Specialized
9.8

A dry-land shrub or small tree with spiral seed pods from the US Southwest and Mexico

screw bean
  • Specialized
9.9

A sweet spiral seed pod from a dry-land tree that animals eat or people grind into meal

A tropical tree with strong roots that grow above the ground, long narrow leaves, and conelike edible fruit

A tool with one movable jaw that you move by turning a screw to hold nuts or bolts

screw press
  • Specialized
6.4

A machine that uses a long turned metal rod to squeeze liquid from solid things

screw propeller
  • Specialized
5.3

A device with angled blades that turns to push a boat or plane forward

screw thread
  • Specialized
5.0

A raised spiral on a screw or bolt makes it hold things when you turn it

A tropical tree or shrub with seed pods twisted like a spiral

screw-pine family
  • Specialized
9.9

A group of woody plants including Pandanus and similar species with long fibrous leaves

textile screw pine
  • Australian
9.9

A tropical plant with long strong leaves people use to weave mats and hats

wing screw
  • Specialized
5.5

A small metal part with flat side pieces you can turn by hand to hold things together

How Vulgar

to fuck
  • Offensive
9.9
to ride
  • Offensive
48 9.8
screw
  • Offensive
52 9.8
to have sex
  • NSFW
3.0
to copulate
  • NSFW
10 7.9

Surface Forms

screw singular
screws plural

Etymology

The slang noun screw for sexual intercourse uses a blunt image of two bodies being 'joined' together, like parts joined by a fastener, so a helpful way to remember it is that it borrows the same strong picture as the tool screw.