screw
/skɹuː/
noun
Meaning
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.
"the skeleton screw (Caprella); the sand screw"
(in the plural, with "the") Rheumatism.
verb
Meaning
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.
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