have a screw loose
Word Rarity
Uncommon
Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.04 in modern English
26
Scrabble Score
15
Letters
1
Syllables
10
Unique Chars
Meaning
Example Sentences
- "Richard, glorious in new livery, [...] went with his sad message, first to the church and then to the banqueting-hall in Albemarle Street. "Not any wedding?" said the head-waiter at the hotel. "I knew they was folks as would have a screw loose somewheres. [...]""
- ""You know he really has got a screw loose in his head somewheres, an' there ain't any one but what says he's the town fool, all right.""
- "Pete Campbell (Vincent Kartheiser) would be just another irritating office brown-noser, a prep school Sammy Glick, except that he too has a screw loose and a mystical rapport with firearms."
- ""A successful murder has to be 'attempted' in the first place." "We both know what matters here is how you perceive the meaning." "Any immortal who considers that a loophole has a screw loose." "For all I know, your screws..." "I vow to not do anything with the intent of Elliot getting killed, okay? Leave my screws out of this.""
Usage
Inflected Forms
has a screw loose (present, singular)
having a screw loose (participle, present)
had a screw loose (participle, past)
had a screw loose (past)