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screw loose

see have a screw loose.

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RELATED WORDS

insane, nuts, wacky, kooky, nutty, silly, mad, screwball, lunatic, cuckoo, psycho, berserk, ape, potty, barmy, batty, bonkers, cracked, crazed, daft

Nearby words

  1. screw conveyor,
  2. screw eye,
  3. screw fly,
  4. screw hook,
  5. screw jack,
  6. screw nail,
  7. screw nut,
  8. screw pile,
  9. screw pine,
  10. screw plate
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