screwup
or screw-up
[ skroo-uhp ]
/ ˈskruˌʌp /
noun Slang.
a mistake or blunder: The package was delayed through an addressing screwup.
a habitual blunderer.
Origin of screwup
1955–60;
Americanism; noun use of verb phrase
screw up
Words nearby screwup
screwball,
screwdriver,
screwed,
screwhead,
screwplate,
screwup,
screwworm,
screwworm fly,
screwy,
scriabin,
scribble
Definition for screw-up (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 screw-up
But tales from the back office never make the headlines unless there is a screw-up.
Jerry aside, who on the ACN team bears the most responsibility for the “Genoa” screw-up?
Jeff Daniels on the Most Explosive Episode of ‘The Newsroom’ Yet |Marlow Stern |August 26, 2013 |DAILY BEAST“This was a screw-up that could have been disastrous,” he told them.
What is known of the evidence on Hazmi and Mihdhar, however, makes the screw-up version hard to swallow.
British Dictionary definitions for screw-up
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-up
screw