screw around

English

Pronunciation

• (UK, US) IPA^(key): /skɹuː əˈɹaʊnd/

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Verb

screw around (third-person singular simple present screws around, present participle screwing around, simple past and past participle screwed around)

1. (slang, intransitive) To make out or engage in sexual activity, usually without actually having sex.
   • 2003, Richard Curtis, Love Actually, spoken by Prime Minister (Hugh Grant):

     Who do you have to screw around here to get a cup of tea and a chocolate biscuit?

2. (slang, intransitive) To waste time; to dawdle; to play or idle.
3. (slang, intransitive) To have sex with multiple partners; to sleep around.
4. (slang, used with "with") To harass and annoy someone.

Translations

to make out or engage in sexual activity

to waste time

• Spanish: boludear (es)