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screwed, nutted and bolted

screwed, nutted and bolted is the simple past and past participle of screw.

Meaning of screw

Verb

screw (third-person singular simple present screws, present participle screwing, simple past screwed, past participle screwed or (rare, nonstandard) screwn)

  1. (transitive) To connect or assemble pieces using a screw.
  2. (ambitransitive, slang, vulgar) To have sexual intercourse with.
    • Somebody told me [...] that she [...] acknowledged to him [...] that Nero [...] had screwed her (meaning had carnal intercourse with plaintiff) up stairs the night before.1890, Albert G. Porter, Reports of Cases Argued and Determined in the Supreme Court of Judicature of the State of Indiana
    Synonyms:
    fuck, root, shag, Formal terms, bed, coit, coitize, dight, enjoy, feague
  3. (slang, transitive) To cheat someone or ruin their chances in a game or other situation.
    Synonyms:
    fuck, screw over
  4. (transitive) To extort or practice extortion upon; to oppress by unreasonable or extortionate exactions; to put the screws on.
    • […] our country landlords, by unmeasurable screwing and racking their tenants, have already reduced the miserable people to a worse condition than the peasants in France, or the vassals in Germany and Poland […]1720, Jonathan Swift, A Proposal for the Universal Use of Irish Manufacture
  5. (transitive) To contort.
    • He screwed his face into a hardened smile.1690, John Dryden, Don Sebastian, act 2, scene 1
    Synonyms:
    twist, writhe
  6. (transitive) To miskick (a ball) by hitting it with the wrong part of the foot.
    • The visitors could have added an instant second, but Rooney screwed an ugly attempt high into Hennessey's arms after Berbatov cleverly found the unmarked England striker.2011 February 5, Chris Whyatt, “Wolverhampton 2 - 1 Man Utd”, in BBC

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What is screwed, nutted and bolted the simple past and past participle of?
Screwed, nutted and bolted is the simple past and past participle of screw.

Words near screwed, nutted and bolted in the dictionary

  1. screwed up one's courage
  2. screwed with
  3. screwed, blued and tattooed
  4. screwed, glued and tattooed
  5. screwed, glued, and tattooed
  6. screwed, nutted and bolted
  7. screwedness
  8. screwee
  9. screwees
  10. screwer
  11. screwers

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