screw
IPA: skrˈu
noun
- A device that has a helical function.
- A simple machine, a helical inclined plane.
- A (usually) metal fastener consisting of a partially or completely threaded shank, sometimes with a threaded point, and a head used to both hold the top material and to drive the screw either directly into a soft material or into a prepared hole.
- (nautical) A ship's propeller.
- An Archimedes screw.
- A steam vessel propelled by a screw instead of wheels.
- The motion of screwing something; a turn or twist to one side.
- (slang, derogatory) A prison guard.
- (slang, derogatory) An extortioner; a sharp bargainer; a skinflint.
- (US, slang, dated) An instructor who examines with great or unnecessary severity; also, a searching or strict examination of a student by an instructor.
- (vulgar, slang) Sexual intercourse; the act of screwing.
- (vulgar, slang) A casual sexual partner.
- (slang) Salary, wages.
- (billiards) Backspin.
- (slang) A small packet of tobacco.
- (dated) An old, worn-out, unsound and worthless horse.
- (mathematics) 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.
- (informal, in the plural, with "the") Rheumatism.
verb
- (transitive) To connect or assemble pieces using a screw.
- (transitive, intransitive, vulgar, slang) To have sexual intercourse with.
- (transitive, slang) To cheat someone or ruin their chances in a game or other situation.
- (transitive) To extort or practice extortion upon; to oppress by unreasonable or extortionate exactions; to put the screws on.
- (transitive) To contort.
- (soccer, transitive) To miskick (a ball) by hitting it with the wrong part of the foot.
- (billiards, snooker, pool) To screw back.
- (US, slang, dated) To examine (a student) rigidly; to subject to a severe examination.
- (intransitive, US, slang, often imperative, dated) To leave; to go away; to scram.
- (colloquial, transitive, often derogatory) Used to express great displeasure with, or contemptuous dismissal of, someone or something.
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Examples of "screw" in Sentences
- The screws gravitate along the channel.
- The screw is a modification of the wedge.
- Look at the screw on the back of the bolt.
- Honestly, it screws up the rest of the page.
- The lead screw or the nut is attached to the spindle.
- The capsule was screwed into the body of the water pump.
- A screw forces the liquefied plastic into the mold cavity.
- The screw or helix extends toward the wall of the drill bore.
- Tap the top of the screwdriver with a hammer to loosen the screw.
- An adjustment of the screw controls the resonant frequency of the cavity.
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