noun / verb
screw
An act of sexual intercourse, in vulgar slang.
The character crudely calls the sexual encounter a screw.
Etymology
The vulgar noun develops from the sexual verb screw. The mechanical image of turning and insertion supplied the slang use, which then named the act itself.
More examples
- The film uses screw as a vulgar term for sex.
- He used the word screw when talking crudely about sleeping with his partner.
- She objected to his vulgar description of their encounter as a screw.
Forms
screw · screws · screwed · screwing
Similar words
- sex
- The neutral broad term for sexual activity.
- intercourse
- A more formal term for the act.