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Meaning of "have a screw loose" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF HAVE A SCREW LOOSE

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WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE HAVE A SCREW LOOSE

have a chip on one´s shoulder
have a derry on
have a down on
have a few
have a finger in the pie
have a fit
have a heart!
have a lash
have a load on
have a monkey on one´s back
have a record
have a reputation
have a roving eye
have a shot at
have a slate loose
have a smack at
have a stomack
have a strong stomach
have a tiger by the tail
have a way with

WORDS THAT END LIKE HAVE A SCREW LOOSE

caboose
Canada goose
choose
cut loose
footloose
golden goose
goose
hang loose
have a slate loose
let loose
loose
mongoose
moose
Mother Goose
noose
on the loose
pick and choose
play fast and loose
the loose
unloose

Synonyms and antonyms of have a screw loose in the English dictionary of synonyms

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Translation of «have a screw loose» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF HAVE A SCREW LOOSE

Find out the translation of have a screw loose to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of have a screw loose from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «have a screw loose» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

有螺丝松动
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

tener un tornillo suelto
570 millions of speakers

English

have a screw loose
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

ढीला एक पेंच है
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

يكون المسمار فضفاض
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

есть винт свободную
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

tem um parafuso solto
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

একটি স্ক্রু আলগা আছে
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

avoir une vis desserrée
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Mempunyai skru longgar
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

haben eine Schraube locker
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

緩いネジを持っている
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

느슨한나사를 가지고
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Duwe sekrup ngeculake
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

có một ốc vít lỏng lẻo
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

ஒரு திருகு தளர்வானது
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

एक स्क्रू ओघ आहे
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

Vidalıyorsun
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

avere una vite allentata
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

mieć bzika
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

є гвинт вільну
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

au o doagă
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

έχει μια χαλαρή κοχλία
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

het ´n skroef los
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

ha en skruv lös
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

har en skrue løs
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of have a screw loose

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «HAVE A SCREW LOOSE»

The term «have a screw loose» is regularly used and occupies the 70.213 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «HAVE A SCREW LOOSE» OVER TIME

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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about have a screw loose

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Diablo Cody
To enjoy being famous, you need to have a screw loose.

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «HAVE A SCREW LOOSE»

Discover the use of have a screw loose in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to have a screw loose and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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A Collection of Confusible Phrases
It's the government. have a screw loose there is a screw loose have a screw loose (coll) be mentally defective or not acting normally: I don't go much with anarchists. It's my judgment they nearly always have a screw loose. there is a screw ...
Yuri Dolgopolov, 2004
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Dear Life, You Suck
“The shrinkadinks think I have a screw loose.
Scott Blagden, 2013
3
Public Values in Constitutional Law
It could have a screw loose, in our view, either if it is not acting with instrumental rationality, or if it is not acting in the way that our theory of democracy posits for that sort of entity. It will be easy, I hope, for the reader to link up what I have said so ...
Stephen E. Gottlieb, 1993
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Reinterpreting Property
It could have a screw loose, in our view, either if it is not acting with instrumental rationality, or if it is not acting in the way that our theory of democracy posits for that sort of entity. It will be easy, I hope, for the reader to link up what I have said so ...
Margaret Jane Radin, 2009
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The Concise New Partridge Dictionary of Slang and ...
3 a sexual partner, potential or actual, of either gender, objectified UK, 1937 . 4 a wage UK, 1858 . 5 a salary NEW ZEALAND, 1984 . 6 a mischievous scheme TRINIDAD AND TOBAGO, 1935 . 7 a look AUSTRALIA, 1907 . < have a screw loose ...
Terry Victor, Tom Dalzell, 2007
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Rajpal Dictionary Of English Idioms & Phrases
... who breaks the established rules Have a screw loose: Be a little stupid; be unsound in one's mind * He has a screw loose so the people tend to ignore his folly * He seems he have a screw loose as he tends to make very unpleasant remarks ...
Shori, A K, 2010
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English-Albanian Dictionary of Idioms
... te veshtira □ She had a really rough time when her father died. have a screw loose ka nje derrase mangut, i jane liruar vidhat, ka luajtur nga vidhat (burgjite), ka nje vidhe mangut □ She eats nothing but nuts: she must have a screw loose!
Ilo Stefanllari, 2000
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Commanding Right and Forbidding Wrong in Islamic Thought
The suggestion that he did have a screw loose comes from the contemporary traveller Ibn Bat·t·u ̄t·a (d. 770/1368f.) (ibid., 95). 39 D. P. Little, 'Religion under the Mamluks', The Muslim World, 73 (1983), 180. 40 For a summary of the record,  ...
Michael Cook, 2001
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Narrative Medicine : Honoring the Stories of Illness: ...
I have a screw loose for her, as John Marcher says about May Bartram in “The Beast in the Jungle,” and the screw loosened in the narrative acts of inventing, imagining, and finding the words to speak for her and about her. These narrative acts ...
Rita Charon Professor of Clinical Medicine Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons, 2006
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English/German Dictionary of Idioms: Supplement to the ...
... all our Bildschirm gehen Bildschirm: über den screw to overtighteo »he screw Schraube: die Schraube überdrehen to have a screw loose alle: sie (wohl) nicht alle haben • Dachschaden: einen (kleinen) Dachschaden haben • Dachstübchen : ...
Professor Hans Schemann, 2013

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «HAVE A SCREW LOOSE»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term have a screw loose is used in the context of the following news items.
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Invoking Russian president has American uses
... and he speculated that the pope, who had just released an encyclical decrying global warming, might have a screw loose. “He's a man of the ... «Tahlequah Daily Press, Jul 15»
2
Ostler: Head coaches Kerr, VanDerveer could teach each other
... do meet, VanDerveer will have a chance to put a pet theory to its toughest test, her stated belief that “all the great ones have a screw loose.”. «SFGate, Jul 15»
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Denis Kilcommons: The earth moved every time
I have a screw loose.” Because that was the trouble. Our granddaughter Jeannie has been in the habit, in moments when Peppa Pig had lost ... «Huddersfield Examiner, Jun 15»
4
Race Across America
So by now you're thinking, “Does this guy have a screw loose? Why is he doing this?” Actually, most people know me first as Assistant ... «The Players Tribune, Jun 15»
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Man raises eyebrows carrying rifle through Atlanta airport
The only thing he is doing is proving there is a loophole in gun laws in Ga., and set off so someone copy cats who actually have a screw loose. «Atlanta Journal Constitution, Jun 15»
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'Dual Survival' Star Joe Teti -- Attacks Dog Over Cat-astrophe
As one source put it, "These survivalists all have a screw loose." The show had already been cancelled, and we're told the dog incident made ... «TMZ.com, May 15»
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Sen. Ron Johnson is Not A Climate Denier...He Just Doesn't Think …
Ronald Furr · Top Commenter. Anybody that votes for the Republicans of today must have a screw loose. Reply · Like. · 4 · May 13 at 3:59pm. «Blue Nation Review, May 15»
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Is UGA potential spot for former Notre Dame QB Everett Golson?
@Stingshuh? @Quackmeyer @OH IO No, that's just an isolated incident. He just seems to have a screw loose about anything UGA. Like I said ... «Atlanta Journal Constitution, May 15»
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John Cassavetes: An Appreciation
But at the same time, that craziness is something that appeals to him, in his own way. But again, in Nick's defense, she did have a screw loose! «Huffington Post, Apr 15»
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Peterson: Levi Peters aims to be more than a character for ISU
You need to have a screw loose." Screw loose. His words, not mine. But appropriate. Cyclone sports columnist Randy Peterson has been ... «DesMoinesRegister.com, Apr 15»

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