screw-off
or screw·off
[ skroo-awf, -of ]
/ ˈskruˌɔf, -ˌɒf /
noun Slang.
a loafer; idler.
Origin of screw-off
noun use of verb phrase
screw off
Words nearby screw-off
screw thread,
screw top,
screw up,
screw up one's courage,
screw you,
screw-off,
screw-on,
screw-top,
screwball,
screwdriver,
screwed
Definition for screw off (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, adjectiveBritish Dictionary definitions for screw off
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 screw off
screw