Usually means: Odd, eccentric, or unreasonable behavior.
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We found 22 dictionaries that define the word screwy:

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  1. screwy: Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
  2. screwy: Merriam-Webster
  3. screwy: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  4. screwy: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  5. screwy: Collins English Dictionary
  6. screwy: Vocabulary.com
  7. Screwy, screwy: Wordnik
  8. screwy: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  9. screwy: Wiktionary
  10. screwy: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
  11. screwy: The Wordsmyth English Dictionary-Thesaurus
  12. screwy: Infoplease Dictionary
  13. screwy: Dictionary.com
  14. screwy: Cambridge Essential American English Dictionary
  15. screwy: Rhymezone
  16. screwy: FreeDictionary.org
  17. screwy: Mnemonic Dictionary
  18. screwy: TheFreeDictionary.com

Slang (2 matching dictionaries)
  1. screwy: Green’s Dictionary of Slang
  2. screwy: Urban Dictionary

(Note: See screwier as well.)

Definitions from Wiktionary (
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American English Definition British English Definition
adjective:  (informal) Crazy; silly; ridiculous
adjective:  (archaic, informal) Tipsy; slightly drunk.
adjective:  (archaic) Exacting; extortionate; close.
adjective:  (archaic) Worthless.

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