Loose
Loose verb - To cause (a projectile) to be driven forward with force.
Screen
Screen verb - To drive danger or attack away from.
Common collocations
Both words in one sentence
- Someone might be too stoic or shy to let loose in real life, but give them a screen name and let them loose on a fansite for something they're really into and watch them Squee!
Source: Not So Above It All - While the babies are loose in a movie theater, they see a screen with a person doing this...except instead of a gun, he's holding a banana.
Source: You Talkin' to Me? -
In the 2000 movie Monster Mash, Frankenstein, or Frank, halts some loose heads and heads and asks for a rematch, walking towards them and filling the screen with his back.
Source: Back Blocking
Cite this Source
Screen and Loose. (2016). Retrieved 2026, July 21, from https://thesaurus.plus/related/loose/screen
Loose & Screen. N.p., 2016. Web. 21 Jul. 2026. <https://thesaurus.plus/related/loose/screen>.
Screen or Loose. 2016. Accessed July 21, 2026. https://thesaurus.plus/related/loose/screen.
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