screwed
[ skrood ]
/ skrud /
adjective
Words nearby screwed
screw-off,
screw-on,
screw-top,
screwball,
screwdriver,
screwed,
screwhead,
screwplate,
screwup,
screwworm,
screwworm fly
Definition for screwed (2 of 2)
Origin of screw
1375–1425; late Middle English
scrwe, screw(e) (noun); compare Middle French
escro(ue) nut, Middle Dutch
schrûve, Middle High German
schrûbe screw
OTHER WORDS FROM screw
screw·a·ble, adjective screw·er, noun screw·less, adjective screw·like, adjectiveExample sentences from the Web for screwed
British Dictionary definitions for screwed (1 of 2)
screwed
/ (skruːd) /
adjective
fastened by a screw or screws
having spiral grooves like a screw; threaded
twisted or distorted
British a slang word for drunk
British Dictionary definitions for screwed (2 of 2)
screw
/ (skruː) /
noun
verb
See also
screw up
Derived forms of screw
screwer, noun screwlike, adjectiveWord Origin for screw
C15: from French
escroe, from Medieval Latin
scrōfa screw, from Latin: sow, presumably because the thread of the screw is like the spiral of the sow's tail
usage for screw
The use of this otherwise utilitarian word in a sexual sense, though recorded in an 18th century slang dictionary, does not appear to have really taken off until well into the 20th. Although a classic example of the anatomical metaphor for the sex act seen from the male point of view, it can be used as a transitive verb by women, which suggests that the metaphor is all but dead
Idioms and Phrases with screwed
screw