skru
Norwegian Bokmål edit
Verb edit
skru (imperative skru, present tense skrur, simple past skrudde, past participle skrudd)
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- “skru” in The Bokmål Dictionary.
Norwegian Nynorsk edit
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Etymology edit
From skrue m (“a screw”). The slang terms are semantic loans from cognate English screw. The noun is derived from the verb.
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Verb edit
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
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Noun edit
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
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References edit
- “skru” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.
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skru
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