"screwing" meaning in English

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Adjective

Audio: En-au-screwing.ogg [Australia] Forms: more screwing [comparative], most screwing [superlative]
Head templates: {{en-adj}} screwing (comparative more screwing, superlative most screwing)
  1. (archaic) Exacting; extortionate; close. Tags: archaic
    Sense id: en-screwing-en-adj-8QLCj2Aa

Noun

Audio: En-au-screwing.ogg [Australia] Forms: screwings [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} screwing (plural screwings)
  1. The act by which something is screwed (in various senses).
    Sense id: en-screwing-en-noun-6NNTHKfL
  2. (slang, vulgar) An act of sexual intercourse. Tags: slang, vulgar Translations (sexual intercourse): futūtiō [feminine] (Latin), folleteo [masculine] (Spanish), casquete [masculine] (Spanish)
    Sense id: en-screwing-en-noun--7sA6NNT Disambiguation of 'sexual intercourse': 1 99
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: the screwing you get isn't worth the screwing you get, the screwing you get isn't worth the screwing you're going to get, the screwing you get isn't worth the screwing you take

Verb

Audio: En-au-screwing.ogg [Australia]
Head templates: {{head|en|verb form}} screwing
  1. present participle and gerund of screw Tags: form-of, gerund, participle, present Form of: screw
    Sense id: en-screwing-en-verb-MeKchr9w Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with language name categories using raw markup Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 5 3 4 88 Disambiguation of English entries with language name categories using raw markup: 6 4 5 85

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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