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Malay
Etymology
From English screw.
Pronunciation
Noun
skru (Jawi spelling سکرو, plural skru-skru, informal 1st possessive skruku, 2nd possessive skrumu, 3rd possessive skrunya)
- screw
Verb
skru (Jawi spelling سکرو)
- to screw
Further reading
Norwegian Bokmål
Verb
skru (imperative skru, present tense skrur, simple past skrudde, past participle skrudd)
- to screw (a screw or bolt)
- å skru ut - to unscrew
- to turn (something) (up or down)
Derived terms
References
- “skru” in The Bokmål Dictionary.
Norwegian Nynorsk
Etymology
From skrue m (“a screw”). The slang terms are semantic loans from cognate English screw. The noun is derived from the verb.
Pronunciation
Verb
skru (present tense skrur, past tense skrudde, past participle skrutt/skrudd, passive infinitive skruast, present participle skruande, imperative skru)
- to turn around its own axis
- (transitive, of a screw or bolt) to screw
- (transitive) to control with select (as if with) a dial (especially for volume control)
- (transitive, ball games) to kick or throw (the ball) with a spin, arcked towards a deliberate target
Ole skrudde ballen fint inn i mål.- Ole spun the ball nicely into the goal
- (intransitive, of a ball) to spin
- (intransitive, of a ball) to fly in a certain curve because of its spin
- to force, to pressure, to extort
- (impersonal, ergative, of sea ice) to pressure into heaps or ridges
- (transitive, slang) to have sexual intercourse with, to screw
- (transitive, slang) to cheat someone or ruin their chances at something; to screw
Synonyms
Derived terms
Noun
skru m (definite singular skruen, indefinite plural skruar, definite plural skruane)
- a screw, spin
det var ein fin skru på den ball- there was a nice screw on that ball there
- (ball games) backspin, screwball
Derived terms
References
- “skru” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.
Anagrams
Tok Pisin
Etymology
From English screw.
Noun
skru
- (anatomy) elbow
- (anatomy) knee
- screw
Derived terms