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screwface

screwface noun: a contorted facial expression of anger, frustration, or aggression.

Noun

screwface (plural screwfaces)

  1. (Jamaica, Multicultural-London-English, slang, African-American Vernacular) A contorted facial expression of anger, frustration, or aggression.
    • “Oh, and tell your girl to stop giving me the screwface.”2005, Tracy M. Bush, A Blues for Mary, Lulu.com, →ISBN, page 134
    • She put on a screwface—an unfriendly facial contortion that denotes anger and frustration—then broke into the chant of a popular reggae protest song.2011, Alvin Glen Edwards, Once in an Island, AuthorHouse, →ISBN, page 38
    Synonyms:
    grimace

Verb

screwface (third-person singular simple present screwfaces, present participle screwfacing, simple past and past participle screwfaced)

  1. (intransitive, slang, transitive, African-American Vernacular) To make a screwface (at someone).
    • When it’s done, I leave the lecture theatre screwfacing anyone who tries watching me and they look away quicktime and no one says nothing.2020, Gabriel Krauze, Who They Was, London: 4th Estate, →ISBN, page 113

Synonyms of screwface

Forms of screwface

Noun
pluralscrewfaces
Verb
third-person singular presentscrewfaces
present participlescrewfacing
past participlescrewfaced
pastscrewfaced

Origin of screwface

From screw + face.

Words formed from screwface

Questions about screwface

What does screwface mean?
Screwface means a contorted facial expression of anger, frustration, or aggression.
What part of speech is screwface?
Screwface can be a noun or a verb.
What is the plural of screwface?
The plural of screwface is screwfaces.

Words near screwface in the dictionary

  1. screwer
  2. screwers
  3. screwery
  4. screweye
  5. screweyes
  6. screwface
  7. screwfaced
  8. screwfaces
  9. screwfacing
  10. screwflies
  11. screwfly

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