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to screw

to screw

112 9.9
To have sex with someone, said as a rude word
  • verb
  • /skru/
  • Offensive
: follar
  • Did you hear Sutcliffe screwed Bartlett's sister when he stayed with them over the holidays?

And she was the girl that screwed my brains out, man.

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Examples

  • So, if ya wanna pay me to screw, I won't do it.

    Fiction book (1994)
  • Yossi wasn't home, so after we finished looking at old photos, we screwed on the sofa.

    Fiction book (1994)
  • These two people screwed once and made me.

  • I shall have to screw every attractive girl within the limits of the city of New York.

  • And she was the girl that screwed my brains out, man.

  • Although there was this one chick I screwed once from New Hampshire.

  • Probably off screwing some ho at a Motel Six.

  • She'll screw you harder than the Trojans did.

  • "Deedee and Mitch had been married forever, and he'd been screwing around on her for years."

    Fiction book (1995)
  • He often talks about how he screwed the love of his life in a moment of passion.

Synonyms

to have sex
vsto screw
  • NSFW
∞ 3.0

To touch each other's private parts for physical pleasure

is vulgar slang rather than neutral or clinical language
to fuck
vsto screw
  • Offensive
∞ 9.9

To have sex with someone

is equally vulgar but slightly more common in speech
to sleep with
vsto screw
  • NSFW
∞ 7.4

To have sex with someone

is vulgar and blunt instead of euphemistic and neutral
to make love
vsto screw
  • NSFW
388 5.3

Have sex with someone you love or care about

is vulgar and lacks romantic or affectionate connotations
to get laid
vsto screw
  • Offensive
203 9.9

To have sex with someone, usually in a short, casual way

is vulgar and less about casualness than bluntness
to bang
vsto screw
  • Offensive
144 9.9

To have sex with someone

is similarly vulgar but can sound more playful
to sleep together
vsto screw
  • NSFW
90 7.4

Have sex with another person, often when not married

is vulgar and focuses on crude expression rather than relationship
to bed
vsto screw
  • NSFW
88 9.0

To have sex with someone

is vulgar rather than simply casual or neutral
to hump
vsto screw
  • Offensive
60 9.9

To have sex with someone, used as a rude word

is crude too but less focused on roughness
to do it
vsto screw
  • NSFW
52 9.8

To have sex with someone

is openly vulgar instead of downplaying the act
to have intercourse
vsto screw
  • NSFW
45 8.1

To have sex with someone

is vulgar slang rather than formal or clinical wording
to lie with
vsto screw
  • NSFW
43 9.1

To have sex with someone

is vulgar slang rather than formal or legal language
to be intimate
vsto screw
  • NSFW
41 7.9

Have sex with someone

is vulgar and avoids the gentle, intimate tone of this phrase
to get it on
vsto screw
  • Offensive
34 9.3

To have sex with someone

is more vulgar and blunt than this casual phrase
to love
vsto screw
  • NSFW
24 8.6

To have sex with another person

is vulgar and focuses on crude description not affection
to sex
vsto screw
  • NSFW
15 5.1

To have physical contact with someone for pleasure, usually in a casual way

is vulgar and harsher than this informal neutral term
to fuck someone's brains out
vsto screw
  • Offensive
13 9.9

To have very strong sex with someone, said in rude language

refers to the act without implying extreme intensity
to roll in the hay
vsto screw
  • NSFW
2 9.2

To have sex briefly in a casual way

is vulgar and more direct than this playful idiom
to bonk
vsto screw
  • NSFW
1 9.9

To have sex with someone

is vulgar and more direct than this comic term
to eff
vsto screw
  • Offensive
1 9.9

To have sex with someone

is openly vulgar rather than serving as a mild substitute
to have it off
vsto screw
  • NSFW
1 9.9

To have sex with someone, used in informal British English

is vulgar and more explicit than this regional phrase
to have a go at it
vsto screw
  • Offensive
1 9.9

To have sex with someone

is more vulgar and blunt compared with this gentle phrase
to frigging
vsto screw
  • Offensive
1 9.9

To have sex with someone, used as a rude word

is vulgar as well but more widely used
to know
vsto screw
  • NSFW
1 9.9

To have sex with someone

is modern vulgar speech rather than archaic literature style
to jazz
vsto screw
  • Offensive
1 9.9

To have sex with someone

is cruder and less playful in ordinary use
to fucken
vsto screw
  • Offensive
9.9

To have sex with someone in a rude way

is vulgar too but less intensifying in tone
to frick
vsto screw
  • NSFW
9.9

To have sex with someone

remains vulgar but is less disguised linguistically
to pussyfuck
vsto screw
  • Offensive
9.9

To have sex in which a penis goes into a vagina

is general vulgar talk not limited to one act type
to have it away
vsto screw
  • NSFW
9.9

To have sex with someone

is vulgar and literal rather than mild or idiomatic

Antonyms

∞ 1.0

To stay away from something or not do it to stop something bad from happening

29 5.0

To choose not to take something, often for health or religious reasons

Idioms

screw this
  • Offensive
32 9.8

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

to screw the pooch
  • Offensive
10 9.9

Make a very bad mistake because you are not careful

An event that makes a tense or difficult situation worse

Phrasal Verbs

to screw up
  • Informal
850 6.3

To make a mistake that ruins what you are doing

to screw off
  • Offensive
6 9.5

To tell someone rudely to go away or to stop working and relax

5 5.0

To make your face show a strong feeling like pain or dislike

Attach something to a wall or wood by turning a metal piece into it

To put more pressure on someone so they do what you want

Compounds

screw-up
  • Informal
34 6.1

A careless mistake that causes problems or embarrassment

screw-up
  • Offensive
19 7.0

A person who often makes mistakes in important situations

screw-loose
  • Offensive
11 9.0

Behaving in a strange or not sensible way

1 2.8

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

screw thread
  • Specialized
1 5.0

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

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

Phillips screw
  • Specialized
1 3.9

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

screw eye
  • Specialized
1 5.8

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

screw key
  • Specialized
1 5.5

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

screw press
  • Specialized
1 6.4

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

screw propeller
  • Specialized
1 5.3

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

1 6.8

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

1 3.8

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

screw jack
  • Specialized
1 5.6

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

1 4.9

A tool for pulling a cork out of a bottle

cap screw
  • Specialized
1 6.6

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

Allen screw
  • Specialized
1 6.3

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

wing screw
  • Specialized
1 5.5

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

screw bean
  • Specialized
1 9.8

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

screw auger
  • Specialized
1 7.7

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

1 9.3

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

1 9.9

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

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

screw log
  • Archaic
9.9

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

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
9.9

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

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

How Crude

fuck
  • Offensive
194 9.9
to screw
  • Offensive
112 9.9
to sleep with
  • NSFW
∞ 7.4
to have sex
  • NSFW
∞ 3.0
to make love
  • NSFW
388 5.3

Surface Forms

screw infinitive
screwed past
screwed past participle
screwing present participle
screws third person singular

Etymology

The crude verb screw meaning to have sex is the same slang as the noun and comes from the blunt image of joining or forcing together, like a fastener bringing parts together, so it uses the tool's strong picture in a rude way.