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skru

Norwegian Bokmål

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Verb

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skru (imperative skru, present tense skrur, simple past skrudde, past participle skrudd)

  1. to screw (a screw or bolt)
    å skru ut - to unscrew
  2. to turn (something) (up or down)

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Norwegian Nynorsk

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Etymology

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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

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skru (present tense skrur, past tense skrudde, past participle skrutt/skrudd, passive infinitive skruast, present participle skruande, imperative skru)

  1. to turn around its own axis
    1. (transitive, of a screw or bolt) to screw
    2. (transitive) to control with select (as if with) a dial (especially for volume control)
    3. (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
    4. (intransitive, of a ball) to spin
    5. (intransitive, of a ball) to fly in a certain curve because of its spin
  2. to force, to pressure, to extort
  3. (impersonal, ergative, of sea ice) to pressure into heaps or ridges
  5. (transitive, slang) to have sexual intercourse with, to screw
  7. (transitive, slang) to cheat someone or ruin their chances at something; to screw

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Noun

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skru m (definite singular skruen, indefinite plural skruar, definite plural skruane)

  1. a screw, spin
    det var ein fin skru på den ball
    there was a nice screw on that ball there
  2. (ball games) backspin, screwball

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Etymology

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From English screw.

Noun

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skru

  1. (anatomy) elbow
  2. (anatomy) knee
  3. screw

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