English Explanatory Dictionary

screw up

English dictionary entry

Meanings

verb
  1. To tighten or secure with screws.
  2. To raise by turning a rotary handle.
  3. To raise (rent, fees, etc.) to extortionate levels.
  4. To raise or summon up.
  5. To twist into a contorted state.
  6. To squint.
  7. To make a mess of; to ruin.
  8. To blunder; to make a mistake.

Pronunciation

LL-Q1860 (eng)-Flame, not lame-screw up.wav

Word forms

screw up screws up screwing up screwed up

Synonyms

blow it bobble boob crap up drop a bollock drop the ball err flub flub up foul up fuck up goof goof up make a mistake mess up misdo misstep put a foot wrong screw up slip up stuff up stumble trip over the wire trip up
This entry uses open data from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA/GFDL). Word forms are used for search and are not indexed as separate pages.
Back to search All on S Russian dictionary Dahl dictionary