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screw
simple machine that is an inclined plane wrapped around a cylinder or post.
1.a metal fastener having a tapered shank with a helical thread, and topped with a slotted head, driven into wood or the like by rotating, esp. by means of a screwdriver.2.a threaded cylindrical pin or rod with a head at one end, engaging a threaded hole and used either as a fastener or as a simple machine for applying power, as in a clamp, jack, etc. Compare bolt 1 (def. 3).3.British. a tapped or threaded hole.4.something having a spiral form.5.screw propeller.6.Usually, screws. physical or mental coercion: The terrified debtor soon felt the gangster's screws.7.a single turn of a screw.8.a twist, turn, or twisting movement.9.Chiefly British.a.a little salt, sugar, tobacco, etc., carried in a twist of paper.b.Slang. a mean, old, or worn-out horse; a horse from which one can obtain no further service.c.Slang. a friend or employer from whom one can obtain no more money.d.Slang. a miser.10.BritishInformal. salary; wages.11.Slang. a prison guard.12.Slang: Vulgar.a.an act of coitus.b.a person viewed as a sexual partner.-verb (used with object)13.to fasten, tighten, force, press, stretch tight, etc., by or as if by means of a screw or device operated by a screw or helical threads.14.to operate or adjust by a screw, as a press.15.to attach with a screw or screws: to screw a bracket to a wall.16.to insert, fasten, undo, or work (a screw, bolt, nut, bottle top with a helical thread, etc.) by turning.17.to contort as by twisting; distort: Father screwed his face into a grimace of disgust.18.to cause to become sufficiently strong or intense (usually fol. by up): I screwed up my courage to ask for a raise.19.to coerce or threaten.20.to extract or extort.21.to force (a seller) to lower a price (often fol. by down).22.Slang. to cheat or take advantage of (someone).23.Slang: Vulgar. to have coitus with.-verb (used without object)24.to turn as or like a screw.25.to be adapted for being connected, taken apart, opened, or closed by means of a screw or screws or parts with helical threads (usually fol. by on, together, or off): This top screws on easily.26.to turn or move with a twisting or rotating motion.27.to practice extortion.28.Slang:Vulgar. to have coitus.
-Verb phrases29.screw around,Slang.a.to waste time in foolish or frivolous activity: If you'd stop screwing around we could get this job done.b.Vulgar. to engage in promiscuous sex.30.screw off, Slang.a.to do nothing; loaf.b.to leave; go away.31.screw up, Slang.a.to ruin through bungling or stupidity: Somehow the engineers screwed up the entire construction project.b.to make a botch of something; blunder.c.to make confused, anxious, or neurotic.-Idioms32.have a screw loose,Slang. to be eccentric or neurotic; have crazy ideas: You must have a screw loose to keep so many cats.33.put the screws on, to compel by exerting pressure on; use coercion on; force: They kept putting the screws on him for more money.Use screw in a SentenceSee images of screwSearch screw on the WebOrigin:
1375-1425; late ME scrwe, screw(e) (n.); cf. MF escro(ue) nut, MD schrûve, MHG schrûbescrew
Related forms:
screw⋅a⋅ble, adjectivescrewer, nounscrewless, adjectivescrewlike, adjective
Synonyms:
20. wring, wrest, force, exact, squeeze
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