screw in English dictionary

  • screw

    Meanings and definitions of "screw"

    • A simple machine, a helical inclined plane.
    • A (usually) metal fastener consisting of a shank 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.
    • (slang) A prison officer.
    • (vulgar) Sexual intercourse; the act of screwing.
    • (slang) Salary, wages.
    • (billiards) Backspin.
    • (transitive) To connect or assemble pieces using a screw .
    • (transitive) (vulgar) (slang) To have sexual intercourse with.
    • (transitive) (slang) To cheat or treat unfairly. Sometimes seen in the form 'screw (someone) over'.
    • (intransitive) (slang) To be angry.
    • (transitive) (slang) To forget or not care about
    • (transitive) To apply pressure on; to put the screws on.
    • (transitive) To contort
    • (soccer, transitive) To kick a ball This word needs a definition. Please help out and add a definition, then remove the text {{rfdef}}.
    • noun
      A device that has a helical function.
    • noun
      (derogatory)
      A prison guard.
    • noun
      (derogatory)
      An extortioner; a sharp bargainer; a skinflint.
    • noun
      (US, slang, dated)
      An instructor who examines with great or unnecessary severity; also, a searching or strict examination of a student by an instructor.
    • noun
      (vulgar, slang)
      Sexual intercourse; the act of screwing.
    • noun
      (vulgar, slang)
      A casual sexual partner.
    • noun
      (slang)
      Salary, wages.
    • noun
      (billiards)
      Backspin.
    • noun
      (slang)
      A small packet of tobacco.
    • noun
      (dated)
      An old, worn-out, unsound and worthless horse.
    • noun
      (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.
    • noun
      An amphipod crustacean.
    • noun
      (dated, slang)
      A prison guard.
    • verb
      (transitive)
      To connect or assemble pieces using a screw.
    • verb
      (transitive, vulgar, slang)
      To have sexual intercourse with.
    • verb
      (transitive, slang)
      To cheat someone or ruin their chances in a game or other situation. Sometimes used in the form "screw over".
    • verb
      (transitive)
      To apply pressure on; to put the screws on.
    • verb
      To practice extortion upon; to oppress by unreasonable or extortionate exactions.
    • verb
      (transitive)
      To contort.
    • verb
      (soccer, transitive)
      To miskick (a ball) by hitting it with the wrong part of the foot.
    • verb
      (billiard, snooker, pool)
      To screw back.
    • verb
      (US, slang, dated)
      To examine (a student) rigidly; to subject to a severe examination.
    • (to) screw
    • simple machine
    • fastener
    • ship’s propeller
    • prison guard
    • act of screwing
    • To connect or assemble pieces using a screw
    • To have sexual intercourse with
    • To cheat or treat unfairly
    • A shaft with a helical groove or thread formed on its surface. Its main use is as a threaded fastener used to hold objects together
    • noun
      a fastener with a tapered threaded shank and a slotted head
    • noun
      a propeller with several angled blades that rotates to push against water or air
    • noun
      a simple machine of the inclined-plane type consisting of a spirally threaded cylindrical rod that engages with a similarly threaded hole
    • noun
      slang for sexual intercourse
    • noun
      someone who guards prisoners
    • verb
      cause to penetrate, as with a circular motion; "drive in screws or bolts"
    • verb
      defeat someone through trickery or deceit
    • verb
      have sexual intercourse with; "This student sleeps with everyone in her dorm"; "Adam knew Eve"; "Were you ever intimate with this man?"
    • verb
      tighten or fasten by means of screwing motions; "Screw the bottle cap on"
    • verb
      turn like a screw

    Synonyms of "screw" in English dictionary

    jazz, shaft, cheat are the top synonyms of "screw" in the English thesaurus.

    Antonyms of "screw" in English dictionary

    unscrew is the antonym of "screw" in the English thesaurus.

    Grammar and declension of screw

    • screw ( plural  screws)
    • screw ( third-person singular simple present screws, present participle screwing, simple past and past participle screwed)
    • lm  liczba mnoga screws screwed, screwed; he screws; be screwing
    • screw (plural screws)
    • screw (third-person singular simple present screws, present participle screwing, simple past and past participle screwed)
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