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SCREWY (screwier, screwiest)

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Irregular inflected forms: screwier  Listen to US pronunciation  Listen to GB pronunciation, screwiest  Listen to US pronunciation  Listen to GB pronunciation

 Dictionary entry overview: What does screwy mean? 

SCREWY (adjective)
  The adjective SCREWY has 1 sense:

1. not behaving normallyplay

  Familiarity information: SCREWY used as an adjective is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


SCREWY (adjective)


Sense 1

Meaning:

Not behaving normally

Synonyms:

screw-loose; screwy

Similar:

insane (afflicted with or characteristic of mental derangement)

Domain usage:

colloquialism (a colloquial expression; characteristic of spoken or written communication that seeks to imitate informal speech)


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