- screw
- screwA n1 Tech vis f ;2 Aviat, Naut hélice f ;3 ○ GB (prison guard) maton/-onne ○ m/f ;4 ● (sex) to have a screw tirer un coup ● ; to be a good screw bien baiser ● ;5 ○ GB (wage) to earn a fair screw gagner un bon paquet ○ .B vtr1 Tech visser [object] (into dans) ; to screw sth onto ou to a door/to the floor visser qch sur une porte/au plancher ; he screwed the top on the bottle il a vissé le bouchon sur la bouteille ;2 ◑ (extort) to screw sth out of sb extorquer qch à qn ;3 ◑ (swindle) arnaquer ◑ [person] ;4 ◑ (have sex with) se taper ● , baiser ● [person].C vi1 Tech to screw onto/into sth [part, component] se visser sur/dans qch ;2 ◑ (have sex) baiser ● .Idiomsscrew you ◑ ! va te faire voir ○ ! ; to have a screw loose ○ avoir une case en moins ○ ; to have one's head screwed on avoir la tête sur les épaules ; to put the screws on sb ○ forcer la main à qn.Phrasal verbs■ screw around :▶ screw around1 ◑ (sleep around) coucher à droite et à gauche ;2 ○ US (do nothing) glander ◑ ;3 ○ US (refuse to be serious) déconner ◑ ; quit screwing around arrête de déconner ◑ .■ screw down :▶ screw down [lid, hatch] se visser ;▶ screw [sth] down, screw down [sth] visser (à fond) [lid, screw].■ screw in :▶ screw in [handle, attachment] se visser ;▶ screw [sth] in, screw in [sth] visser [bolt].■ screw off :▶ screw off [cap, lid] se dévisser ;▶ screw [sth] off, screw off [sth] dévisser [cap, lid].■ screw on :▶ screw on [lid, cap, handle] se visser ;▶ screw [sth] on, screw on [sth] visser [lid, cap, handle].■ screw round : to screw one's head round tourner la tête.■ screw together :▶ screw together [parts] se visser l'un à l'autre ;▶ screw [sth] together, screw together [sth] assembler [qch] avec des vis [table, model] ; she screwed the two parts together elle a vissé les deux pièces l'une à l'autre.■ screw up :▶ screw up ○ (mess up) [person, company] merder ◑ , cafouiller ○ ;▶ screw [sth] up, screw up [sth]1 (crumple) froisser [piece of paper, material] ; to screw up one's eyes plisser les yeux ; to screw up one's face faire la grimace ;2 ○ (make a mess of) faire foirer ○ [plan, preparations, task] ;3 (summon) to screw up one's courage prendre son courage à deux mains ; to screw up the courage to do trouver le courage de faire ;▶ screw [sb] up ○ perturber [person] ; he's really screw up il est vraiment perturbé.
Big English-French dictionary. 2003.