Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- Exacting; close; careful; economical.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- a. & n. from
screw , v. t. - See Screw machine, under
Screw .
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- verb Present participle of
screw .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun slang for sexual intercourse
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Examples
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Why, Robert wondered, did people call it "screwing," as if two bodies were rotating clockwise around each other?
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Why, Robert wondered, did people call it "screwing," as if two bodies were rotating clockwise around each other?
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So why are you so interested in screwing over Europe, Matt?
Matthew Yglesias » Money for Nothing and Yuan Appreciation for Free 2010
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She was instrumental in screwing up Levi's life and I trust Levi's story.
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However, one must wait and see how bad this administration is in screwing things up. jimmy kraktov
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Oh, that's right ... they're only interested in screwing 99% of Americans while giving egregious loopholes, tax cuts, back room deals and promoting corruption.
GOP: Dems' health care reform plan 'a prescription for disaster' 2009
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And he has said that he has no interest in screwing with peoples 'right to own and possess guns.
Why Are The Ammo Shelves Empty? What, Exactly, Are People Afraid Of? 2009
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Cheney and his pack of merry men spent 8 years destroying the economy, invading other countries under false pretences and just plain screwing up.
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And he has said that he has no interest in screwing with peoples 'right to own and possess guns.
Why Are The Ammo Shelves Empty? What, Exactly, Are People Afraid Of? 2009
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Yes different ball game, but also a different mentality in screwing the customers.
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