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screwings

screwings is the plural of screwing.

Meaning of screwing

Noun

screwing (plural screwings)

  1. The act by which something is screwed (in various senses).
    • I fear there is too much reason to acknowledge the truth of his remarks regarding the original formation of railways, but are the screwings out of the poor pittance received by some of the 20,000 at present employed to keep them in operation, to be the means of compensating the proprietors for the...1843, Railway Times, volume 6, page 1260
  2. (slang, vulgar) An act of sexual intercourse.

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Questions about screwings

What is screwings the plural of?
Screwings is the plural of screwing.

Words near screwings in the dictionary

  1. screwing the pooch
  2. screwing up
  3. screwing up one's courage
  4. screwing with
  5. screwing, nutting and bolting
  6. screwings
  7. screwish
  8. screwjack
  9. screwjacks
  10. screwjob
  11. screwjobs

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