"screw with" meaning in English

See screw with in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Verb

Forms: screws with [present, singular, third-person], screwing with [participle, present], screwed with [participle, past], screwed with [past]
Head templates: {{en-verb|*}} screw with (third-person singular simple present screws with, present participle screwing with, simple past and past participle screwed with)
  1. To fiddle with; to tinker; to affect negatively.
    Sense id: en-screw_with-en-verb-1dTk0fW2
  2. To mess with; to have on; to trick; to play with a lighthearted or joking manner.
    Sense id: en-screw_with-en-verb-N4U7fPVZ Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English phrasal verbs with particle (with) Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 38 62 Disambiguation of English phrasal verbs with particle (with): 29 71

Inflected forms

Download JSON data for screw with meaning in English (1.4kB)

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