screwing around

  • 1Screwing — 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 …

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  • 2screwing — n to be annoyed, angry. A term used by young street gang members in London since around 2000 …

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  • 3screw 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 …

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  • 4screw 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

  • 5screw 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

  • 6screw around with something — 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 …

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  • 7screw around with — 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 …

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  • 8screw around — (with (something)) to waste time. Stop screwing around and finish your work. They spent the whole morning screwing around with Jeff s motorcycle …

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  • 9screw around — 1. to engage in copulation. □ She wants to talk about their relationship and he only wants to screw around. 2. in. to waste time. □ Stop screwing around and get busy. □ John’s always screwing around and never does anything on time …

    Dictionary of American slang and colloquial expressions

  • 10screw 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 …

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