screw around
English
Pronunciation
- (UK, US) IPA(key): /skɹuː əˈɹaʊnd/
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Verb
screw around (third-person singular simple present screws around, present participle screwing around, simple past and past participle screwed around) (slang)
- (intransitive) To make out or engage in sexual activity, usually without actually having sex.
- 2003, Richard Curtis, Love Actually, spoken by Prime Minister (Hugh Grant):
- Who do you have to screw around here to get a cup of tea and a chocolate biscuit?
- (intransitive) To waste time; to dawdle; to play or idle.
- (intransitive) To have sex with multiple partners; to sleep around.
- (used with "with") To harass and annoy someone.
Translations
to make out or engage in sexual activity