skru

Danish

Etymology

From skrue c (“a screw”).

Noun

skru n (singular definite skruet, not used in plural form)

1. backspin, screwball

   Coordinate term: spind

Declension

Declension of skru

neuter gender	singular
	indefinite	definite
nominative	skru	skruet
genitive	skrus	skruets

Derived terms

• underskru

References

• “skru” in Den Danske Ordbog

Malay

Alternative forms

• sekrup (Indonesia)

Etymology

Borrowed from English screw ultimately from Latin scrōfa (“female pig”) through comparison with the corkscrew shape of a pig's penis; doublet of sekerup via Dutch schroef. Displaced pelitik and pelir itik.

Pronunciation

• (schwa-variety, /a/-variety, Literary Standard) IPA^(key): /ˈskru/ [ˈskru]
• Rhymes: -ru, -u
• Hyphenation: skru

Noun

skru (Jawi spelling سکرو, plural skru-skru or skru²)

1. (Malaysia, Singapore) screw, a device that has a helical function.
   1. A (usually) metal fastener consisting of a partially or completely threaded shank, sometimes with a threaded point, and a head used to both hold the top material and to drive the screw either directly into a soft material or into a prepared hole.

      Synonyms: sekerup, pelitik, pelir itik

   2. A simple machine, a helical inclined plane.

Further reading

• "skru" in Pusat Rujukan Persuratan Melayu (PRPM) [Malay Literary Reference Centre (PRPM)] (in Malay), Kuala Lumpur: Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka, 2017
  (also see "skru" at PRPM first version)

Norwegian Bokmål

Verb

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)

Derived terms

• skrujern
• skrukork
• skrunøkkel
• skrutrekker

Related terms

• skrue

References

• “skru” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

Norwegian Nynorsk

Alternative forms

• skrua, skrue, skruva, skruve (verb)
• skruv (noun)

Etymology

From skrue m (“a screw”). The slang terms are semantic loans from cognate English screw. The noun is derived from the verb.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /skrʉː/

Verb

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

Synonyms

• (to turn around its own axis): dreie
• (to copulate): knulle, pule
• (to cheat): lure, snyte, svindle

Derived terms

• avskrudd
• forskrudd
• isskruing
• oppskrudd
• påskrudd
• skru av
• skru inn
• skru ned
• skru opp
• skru på sjarmen
• skru saman
• skru tu
• skru tå
• skru ut
• skruball
• skrublyant
• skrufar
• skrugard
• skrugjenge
• skruis
• skrujarn
• skrukapsel
• skrukork
• skrulinje
• skrulok
• skrumor
• skrumutter
• skrunykkel

Noun

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

Derived terms

• halvskru
• heilskru

References

• “skru” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

Anagrams

• krus, kurs, skur

Tok Pisin

Etymology

From English screw.

Noun

skru

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

Derived terms

• skru bilong han
• skru bilong lek

Related terms

• skruim