screw

/skɹuː/

noun

  1. 1

    A device that has a helical function.

  2. 2

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

  3. 3

    A prison guard.

  4. 4

    An extortioner; a sharp bargainer; a skinflint.

  5. 5

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

  6. 6

    Sexual intercourse; the act of screwing.

  7. 7

    A casual sexual partner.

  8. 8

    Salary, wages.

  9. 9

    Backspin.

  10. 10

    A small packet of tobacco.

  11. 11

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

  12. 12

    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.

  13. 13

    An amphipod crustacean.

    the skeleton screw (Caprella);  the sand screw
  14. 14

    (in the plural, with "the") Rheumatism.

verb

  1. 1

    To connect or assemble pieces using a screw.

  2. 2

    To have sexual intercourse with.

  3. 3

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

  4. 4

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

  5. 5

    To contort.

  6. 6

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

  7. 7

    To screw back.

  8. 8

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

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