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  • verb Simple past tense and past participle of screw up.
  • adjective of a piece of paper Having been screwed into a ball.
  • adjective idiomatic, colloquial Broken, damaged, inoperative or having only partial functioning, especially by inept handling.
  • adjective idiomatic, colloquial Having psychological problems; being mentally distraught.

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