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screw you

screw you verb: used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see screw, you.

Verb

screw you

  1. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see screw, you.
    • I can screw you in front of everyone. I don't care, we have a thing going on, you know. I love you,” she said.2020, David Gomadza, EVELINA: The Alpha

Interjection

  1. (idiomatic, mildly, slang, vulgar) less offensive version of fuck you.
    • You'll just lie in your bed all day rather than help us? Well, screw you.
    • Screw you—go annoy someone else!

Noun

screw you (plural screw yous)

  1. An act of defiance and contempt.
    • You know what it is about that game, the thing that id Software says isn't worth their time (which I personally believe is a big screw you to us gamers),1997, Computer Gaming World - Volumes 150-153
    • Partly as a 'screw you' to all the people who treated me so badly, to be honest. Show them the ugly duckling has morphed into a swan, that kind of thing.2011, Jason Hawes, Grant Wilson, Tim Waggoner, Ghost Trackers, →ISBN, page 7

Examples of screw you in a sentence

  • Screw you! You think you can come to my house dressed like a slob?
  • "Screw you, asshole," she says, reeling in her poon, looking back toward the boulevard for some promising westbound traffic.2011, Neal Stephenson, Snow Crash, Penguin Books, →ISBN, →OCLC, →OL, page 168:
  • That kinda felt like a big screw you from you to me.”2017, Nina Levine, Hyde's Absolution:

Synonyms of screw you

Forms of screw you

Verb
alternative formscrew-you
Noun
pluralscrew yous

Questions about screw you

What does screw you mean?
Screw you means used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see screw, you.
How do you use screw you in a sentence?
Screw you! You think you can come to my house dressed like a slob?
What part of speech is screw you?
Screw you can be a verb, an interjection or a noun.

Words near screw you in the dictionary

  1. screw ventilator
  2. screw ventilators
  3. screw with
  4. screw wrench
  5. screw wrenches
  6. screw you
  7. screw you, I got mine
  8. screw yous
  9. screw, nut and bolt
  10. screw-in
  11. screw-off

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