Sekirov Dictionary

screw off

verb 3
exclamation 1
screw-off adjective 1
screw-off noun 1
forms 4

verb3

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To remove the lid of a jar or other container by unscrewing it.
- Hold it in two hands and screw off the lid. Set the lid down. Inside are pickled onions. — 2004
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(informal) To fail to do one's work; to goof off.
- When the boss wasn't around on the weekend they would sometimes screw off.
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(informal) To leave; to bugger off.
- I finished the work early so I screwed off.

exclamation1

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(vulgar) An expression of surprise or disbelief.
- "We just won a new car!" "Screw off! You're joking, right?"

screw-off adjective1

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Able to be removed by unscrewing.
- These were easy wines for everyday life, with screw-off caps so that you could pour two glasses and then close up the bottle for the next day. — 2009

screw-off noun1

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(US, slang) Someone who often fails to do his or her work; someone known to goof off.
- You know, when a guy is a screw-off you got to discipline him. — 1997

forms

screwed off · screwing off · screws off · screw-offs

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