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screw, nut and bolt

screw, nut and bolt verb: to hit it and quit it.

Verb

screw, nut and bolt (third-person singular simple present screws, nuts and bolts, present participle screwing, nutting and bolting, simple past and past participle screwed, nutted and bolted)

  1. (slang, vulgar) To hit it and quit it.

Forms of screw, nut and bolt

third-person singular presentscrews, nuts and bolts
present participlescrewing, nutting and bolting
past participlescrewed, nutted and bolted
pastscrewed, nutted and bolted

Origin of screw, nut and bolt

Pun based on screw (“have sex with”), nut (“orgasm”), bolt (“run”).

Questions about screw, nut and bolt

What does screw, nut and bolt mean?
Screw, nut and bolt means to hit it and quit it.
What part of speech is screw, nut and bolt?
Screw, nut and bolt is a verb.
What is the past tense of screw, nut and bolt?
The past tense of screw, nut and bolt is screwed, nutted and bolted.

Words near screw, nut and bolt in the dictionary

  1. screw wrench
  2. screw wrenches
  3. screw you
  4. screw you, I got mine
  5. screw yous
  6. screw, nut and bolt
  7. screw-in
  8. screw-off
  9. screw-offs
  10. screw-pile lighthouse
  11. screw-pile lighthouses

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