if you can get the screw’s attention. I’m
sick, screw! Let me out!screw around 1. to engage in copulation.
She wants to talk about their relation-
ship and he only wants to screw around. 2.
in. to waste time. Stop screwing around
and get busy. John’s always screwing
around and never does anything on time.
screw around with someone or some-
thingin. to toy with, fiddle with or play
around with someone or something.
Andy screwed around with his clock until
he broke it. Look, chum! Don’t screw
around with me!
screwball 1. n. an eccentric person; a
clown or a dunce. (Also a rude term of
address.) Tom is such a screwball!
Look, you screwball, get out! 2. n. [in base-
ball] a (pitched) ball that does not travel
in a straight line. Jim threw another
screwball, but somehow the batter hit it.
Larry always seemed to be able to hit a
screwball, no matter what.
screwed 1. mod. copulated with. (Usually
objectionable.) I got myself good and
screwed, and I haven’t felt better in
months. 2. mod. cheated. Wow, you got
screwed on that watch. 3. and screwed
tightmod. alcohol intoxicated. She
spends a lot of time screwed. She’s not
just drunk; she’s screwed tight. 4. mod.
bested; defeated; cheated. I really got
screwed at the garage. If you don’t want
to get screwed by somebody, you have to do
it yourself.
screwed, blued, and tattooed[“skrud
“blud An tA”tud] 1. mod. badly mis-
treated; badly screwed. I got a bad
deal. I got screwed, blued, and tattooed.
When John bought his wreck of a car, he
got screwed, blued, and tattooed. 2. mod.
alcohol intoxicated. Who wants to go
out and get screwed, blued, and tattooed?
All four of them went out and got
screwed, blued, and tattooed.
screwed tightGo to screwed.
screwed upmod. ruined; messed up.
This is a really screwed up schedule. Let’s
start over again. Your schedule is com-
pletely screwed up.
screw someone or something uptv. to
interfere with someone or something; to
mess up someone or something. Tr y
again and don’t screw it up this time. T
You really screwed up my brother by not
being on time.
screw someone out of somethingtv. to
cheat someone of out something. Yo u
are trying to screw me out of what is right-
fully mine! I’m not trying to screw any-
body out of anything!screw someone overtv. to give someone
a very bad time; to scold someone se-
verely. Those guys really screwed you
over. What started it?TLet’s get those kids
in here and screw over every one of them.
This stuff can’t continue.
screw up 1. in. to mess up. I hope I don’t
screw up this time. The waiter screwed
up again. 2. n. a mess; a blunder; utter
confusion. (Usually screw-up. See also
screwed up.) This is the chef ’s screw-
up, not mine. One more screw up like
that and you’re fired.screwy 1. mod. crazy. I’ve never heard
such a screwy idea. It’s really screwy.
That’s the screwiest looking hat I’ve ever
seen. 2. mod. alcohol intoxicated. How
can anybody be so screwy on five beers?
I’ve never seen anybody so screwy.
script(t)n. a note; any piece of paper with
a written message. (Underworld.) Hey,
Mike, here’s a script for you from the boss.
Make him sign this script before you let
him in on the deal.scrog[skrOg] tv. & in. to have sex; to cop-
ulate [with] someone. (Usually objec-
tionable.) You know what! I think those
people over in the corner are scrogging!
The movie showed scene after scene of this
woman scrogging some guy.
scronched[skrOntSt] mod. alcohol intoxi-
cated. She just sat there and got
scronched. He spends a lot of time to-
tally scronched.scrooge[skrudZ] n. a stingy person; a
penny-pincher.(From the character in
Dickens’s A Christmas Carol.) Ask
scrooge over there if you can borrow ascrew around