screwtape
English
verb
Definitions
- To mess things up, to corrupt, to be devilish.
Etymology
Compound from English screw (meddle, play with) + English tape (adhesive tape, bind with adhesive tape, videotape).
Origin
English
tape
Gloss
adhesive tape, bind with adhesive tape, videotape
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- airscrew English
- audiotape English
- bottlescrew English
- corkscrew English
- covertape English
- duck tape English
- fish tape English
- fucktape English
- holotape English
- jackscrew English
- leadscrew English
- microscrew English
- microtape English
- mindscrew English
- miniscrew English
- mixtape English
- nametape English
- nontape English
- pretape English
- rescrew English
- retape English
- screw English
- screw pine English
- screwability English
- screwable English
- screwback English
- screwball English
- screwbean English
- screwcap English
- screwcapped English
- screwdriver English
- screwdriving English
- screwed English
- screwee English
- screwer English
- screwface English
- screwgate English
- screwhead English
- screwjack English
- screwjob English
- screwless English
- screwlike English
- screwman English
- screwplate English
- screwpress English
- screwtop English
- screwworm English
- screwy English
- sellotape English
- tape English
- tape ball English
- tape tree English
- tapeable English
- tapegrass English
- tapeless English
- tapelike English
- tapeline English
- tapescript English
- tapesponding English
- tapetail English
- tapeworm English
- tapezine English
- tapist English
- thumbscrew English
- turnscrew English
- unscrew English
- untape English
- videotape English
- Schraube German
- tape Dutch, Flemish
- tape Norwegian Bokmål
- teip Norwegian Bokmål
- teipe Norwegian Bokmål
- tejp Swedish
- テープ Japanese
- tape Norwegian Nynorsk
- teip Norwegian Nynorsk
- screw Middle English
- tape Middle English
- scriú Irish
- téip Irish
- tape Danish
- สกรู Thai
- เทป Thai
- tâp Welsh
- tepe Swahili
- 테이프 Korean
- skru Tok Pisin
- ཊེབ་ཐག Tibetan
- tef Hausa
- tape
- screw
- retape
- untape
- tapist
- screwy
- screwer
- screwee
- unscrew
- pretape
- mixtape
- rescrew
- screwed
- nontape
- tapeline
- airscrew
- fucktape
- tapeless
- tapelike
- tapeworm
- tapetail
- nametape
- screwman
- screwtop
- screwjob
- tapezine
- tapeable
- screwcap
- holotape
- audiotape
- screwball
- screwjack
- screwgate
- screwworm
- miniscrew
- screwlike
- fish tape
- screwable
- tape ball
- duck tape
- screwless
- tapegrass
- leadscrew
- screwhead
- turnscrew
- mindscrew
- sellotape
- videotape
- screwback
- corkscrew
- tape tree
- covertape
- screwface
- jackscrew
- screwbean
- microtape
- screw pine
- screwpress
- microscrew
- screwplate
- thumbscrew
- tapescript
- bottlescrew
- screwdriver
- screwcapped
- screwdriving
- screwability
- tapesponding