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screw around en · VERB

Pronunciation

  • /skɹuː əˈɹaʊnd/ (UK, US)
  • (Australia) audio

Meanings

  1. (intransitive, slang) To make out or engage in sexual activity, usually without actually having sex.
    • Who do you have to screw around here to get a cup of tea and a chocolate biscuit? 2003, Richard Curtis, Love Actually, spoken by Prime Minister (Hugh Grant):
  2. (intransitive, slang) To waste time; to dawdle; to play or idle.
  3. (intransitive, slang) To have sex with multiple partners; to sleep around.
  4. (slang, used with "with") To harass and annoy someone.

Forms

SpellingFeaturesLabelsSource
screwing around Tense=Pres, VerbForm=Part lexicographic
screwed around Tense=Past, VerbForm=Part lexicographic
screwed around Tense=Past lexicographic
screws around Number=Sing, Person=3, Tense=Pres lexicographic

Translations (3)

pl wygłupiać się (to make out or engage in sexual activity) · es boludear (to waste time) · pl obijać się (to waste time)