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Meaning of screw in English | Powered by Free Dictionary API

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screw

/skɹuː/

Phonetics

/skɹuː/

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noun

  • A device that has a helical function.

  • The motion of screwing something; a turn or twist to one side.

  • A prison guard.

  • An extortioner; a sharp bargainer; a skinflint.

  • An instructor who examines with great or unnecessary severity; also, a searching or strict examination of a student by an instructor.

  • Sexual intercourse; the act of screwing.

  • A casual sexual partner.

  • Salary, wages.

  • Backspin.

  • A small packet of tobacco.

  • An old, worn-out, unsound and worthless horse.

  • A straight line in space with which a definite linear magnitude termed the pitch is associated. It is used to express the displacement of a rigid body, which may always be made to consist of a rotation about an axis combined with a translation parallel to that axis.

  • An amphipod crustacean.

    Example: the skeleton screw (Caprella);  the sand screw
  • (in the plural, with "the") Rheumatism.


verb

  • To connect or assemble pieces using a screw.

  • To have sexual intercourse with.

  • To cheat someone or ruin their chances in a game or other situation.

  • To practice extortion upon; to oppress by unreasonable or extortionate exactions; to put the screws on.

  • To contort.

  • To miskick (a ball) by hitting it with the wrong part of the foot.

  • To screw back.

  • To examine (a student) rigidly; to subject to a severe examination.