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What (who) is screw - definition
screw
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.jpg?width=200 "Lag screw, also called a lag bolt")
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![lathe]] of 1871, equipped with [[leadscrew]] and change gears for single-point screw-cutting](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Screw making machine, 1871.png?width=200 "lathe]] of 1871, equipped with [[leadscrew]] and change gears for single-point screw-cutting")
TYPE OF FASTENER CHARACTERIZED BY A THREAD WRAPPED AROUND A CYLINDER
Security screw; Screws; Phillips-head screw; Cross-head screw; Bolt manufacturing process; Bolt Manufacturing Process; Capscrew; Cap-screw; Cap screw; Machine screw; Allen screw; Woodscrew; Phillips Head Screw; Lag bolt; Screw and bolt; Wood screw; Lag screw; Screw fastener; Screw/Bolt; Tamper-resistant screws; Wood screw manufacturing; User:Altafqadir/Wood screw manufacturing; Property class; Grade (fasteners); Machine screws; Tamper-resistant screw; Concrete screw; Coach screw; Flanged bolt; Flanged head; Security Screw; Button head; Dome head; Truss head; Flat-head screw; Raised head; Oval head; Bulge head; Cheese head (screw); Fillister head; Screw head; Screw hole; Socket screw; Bolt grade; Screw grade; Loop-Headed Screw; Loop-headed screw; Loop-Headed screw; Loopheaded screw; Loopheaded Screw
I
n.
1) to tighten; turn a screw
2) a loose screw
II
v.
1) (d; tr.) to screw into (to screw a bracket into a wall)
2) (slang) (D; tr.) to screw out of ('to cheat out of') (they screwed him out of his bonus)
screw
TYPE OF FASTENER CHARACTERIZED BY A THREAD WRAPPED AROUND A CYLINDER
Security screw; Screws; Phillips-head screw; Cross-head screw; Bolt manufacturing process; Bolt Manufacturing Process; Capscrew; Cap-screw; Cap screw; Machine screw; Allen screw; Woodscrew; Phillips Head Screw; Lag bolt; Screw and bolt; Wood screw; Lag screw; Screw fastener; Screw/Bolt; Tamper-resistant screws; Wood screw manufacturing; User:Altafqadir/Wood screw manufacturing; Property class; Grade (fasteners); Machine screws; Tamper-resistant screw; Concrete screw; Coach screw; Flanged bolt; Flanged head; Security Screw; Button head; Dome head; Truss head; Flat-head screw; Raised head; Oval head; Bulge head; Cheese head (screw); Fillister head; Screw head; Screw hole; Socket screw; Bolt grade; Screw grade; Loop-Headed Screw; Loop-headed screw; Loop-Headed screw; Loopheaded screw; Loopheaded Screw
¦ noun
1. a short, slender, sharp-pointed metal pin with a raised helical thread running around it and a slotted head, used to join things together by being rotated in under pressure.
a cylinder with a helical ridge or thread running round the outside that can be turned to seal an opening, apply pressure, adjust position, etc.
(the screws) historical an instrument of torture acting in this way.
2. an act of turning a screw.
Brit. a small twisted-up piece of paper containing a substance such as salt or tobacco.
3. (also screw propeller) a ship's or aircraft's propeller.
4. informal, derogatory a prison warder.
5. vulgar slang an act of sexual intercourse.
6. Brit. informal, dated an amount of salary or wages.
7. archaic, informal a mean or miserly person.
8. Brit. informal a worn-out horse.
¦ verb
1. fasten or tighten with a screw or screws.
rotate (something) so as to attach or remove it by means of a spiral thread.
impart spin or curl to (a ball or shot).
(screw something around/round) turn one's head or body round sharply.
2. informal cheat or swindle.
ruin or render ineffective.
3. vulgar slang have sex with.
Phrases
have one's head screwed on (the right way) informal have common sense.
have a screw loose informal be slightly eccentric or mentally disturbed.
put (or turn or tighten) the screw (or screws) on informal exert strong psychological pressure on.
Phrasal verbs
screw around
1. vulgar slang have many different sexual partners.
2. informal fool about.
screw someone over informal, chiefly US treat someone unfairly; cheat or swindle someone.
screw up informal completely mismanage or mishandle a situation.
screw someone up informal cause someone to be emotionally or mentally disturbed.
screw something up
1. crush a piece of paper or fabric into a tight mass.
tense the muscles of one's face or around one's eyes.
2. informal cause something to go wrong.
3. summon up one's courage.
Derivatives
screwable adjective
screwer noun
Origin
ME (asnoun): from OFr. escroue 'female screw, nut', from L. scrofa, lit. 'sow', later 'screw'.
screw
TYPE OF FASTENER CHARACTERIZED BY A THREAD WRAPPED AROUND A CYLINDER
Security screw; Screws; Phillips-head screw; Cross-head screw; Bolt manufacturing process; Bolt Manufacturing Process; Capscrew; Cap-screw; Cap screw; Machine screw; Allen screw; Woodscrew; Phillips Head Screw; Lag bolt; Screw and bolt; Wood screw; Lag screw; Screw fastener; Screw/Bolt; Tamper-resistant screws; Wood screw manufacturing; User:Altafqadir/Wood screw manufacturing; Property class; Grade (fasteners); Machine screws; Tamper-resistant screw; Concrete screw; Coach screw; Flanged bolt; Flanged head; Security Screw; Button head; Dome head; Truss head; Flat-head screw; Raised head; Oval head; Bulge head; Cheese head (screw); Fillister head; Screw head; Screw hole; Socket screw; Bolt grade; Screw grade; Loop-Headed Screw; Loop-headed screw; Loop-Headed screw; Loopheaded screw; Loopheaded Screw
I. n.
Miser, niggard, curmudgeon, skinflint, extortioner, churl, codger, scrimp, hunks, lickpenny, muckworm, sordid wretch, mean fellow.
II. v. a.
1.
Wrench, squeeze, press, twist, force.
2.
Rack, raise extortionately, oppress.
3.
Distort.
Wikipedia
Screw
A screw and a bolt (see Differentiation between bolt and screw below) are similar types of fastener typically made of metal and characterized by a helical ridge, called a male thread (external thread). Screws and bolts are used to fasten materials by the engagement of the screw thread with a similar female thread (internal thread) in a matching part.
Examples of use of screw
1. "These banks will screw their clients in just the same way they screw the Russian state.
2. "They wouldn‘t think of flying a malfunctioning screw or a screw that had a flaw on it.
3. Stop right!" "I‘m going to screw up," Peterson recalled thinking.
4. If something can screw up complicated plans, it eventually will.
5. Iraq is often seen as a special Rumsfeldian screw–up.