screw
noun
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A device that has a helical function.
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The motion of screwing something; a turn or twist to one side.
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A prison guard.
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An extortioner; a sharp bargainer; a skinflint.
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An instructor who examines with great or unnecessary severity; also, a searching or strict examination of a student by an instructor.
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Sexual intercourse; the act of screwing.
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A casual sexual partner.
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Salary, wages.
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Backspin.
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A small packet of tobacco.
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An old, worn-out, unsound and worthless horse.
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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.
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An amphipod crustacean.
“the skeleton screw (Caprella); the sand screw”
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(in the plural, with "the") Rheumatism.
verb
- 1
To connect or assemble pieces using a screw.
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To have sexual intercourse with.
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To cheat someone or ruin their chances in a game or other situation.
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To practice extortion upon; to oppress by unreasonable or extortionate exactions; to put the screws on.
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To contort.
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To miskick (a ball) by hitting it with the wrong part of the foot.
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To screw back.
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To examine (a student) rigidly; to subject to a severe examination.
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