📒 to fasten one thing to another or make something tight with a screw or screws
- The bookcase is screwed to the wall.
- You need to screw all the parts together.
- Now screw down the lid.
📒 to turn something round and round in order to fasten it in place
- screw something + adv./prep. She screwed the cap back on the jar.
- screw something + adj. Screw the bolt tight.
📒 to be attached by screwing
- The bulb should just screw into the socket.
- The lid simply screws on.
📒 to use your hand to make something, especially a piece of paper, form a tight ball
- screw something up (into something) I screwed up the letter and threw it into the fire.
- screw something (up) into something Screw the foil into a little ball.
📒 to cheat somebody, especially by making them pay too much money for something
- screw somebody We've been screwed.
- screw somebody for something How much did they screw you for (= how much did you have to pay)?
📒 to force somebody to give you something
- They screwed the money out of her by threats.
📒 to have sex with somebody
📒 to be a sensible person
📒 an offensive way of showing that you are annoyed or do not care about somebody/something
📒 to force yourself to be brave enough to do something
- I finally screwed up my courage and went to the dentist.