Meaning of screw in English

Table of contents
  1. Pronunciation
  2. Verb
    1. Definitions
  3. Noun
    1. Etymology
    2. Definitions

  1. Pronunciation

    /skru/

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  1. Verb

    screw

    Definitions

    1. have sexual intercourse with

    Examples

    • « This student sleeps with everyone in her dorm »
    • « Adam knew Eve »
    • « Were you ever intimate with this man? »

    Derived terms

  2. 2. turn like a screw
  3. 3. cause to penetrate, as with a circular motion

    Examples

    • « drive in screws or bolts »
  4. 4. tighten or fasten by means of screwing motions

    Examples

    • « Screw the bottle cap on »

    Antonyms

  5. 5. defeat someone in an expectation through trickery or deceit

    Derived terms

  6. Noun

    screw

    Etymology

    late Middle English (as a noun): from Old French escroue‘female screw, nut’, from Latin scrofa, literally ‘sow’, later ‘screw’. The early sense of the verb was ‘contort (the features), twist around’ (late 16th century)

    Definitions

    1. someone who guards prisoners

    Derived terms

  7. 2. a simple machine of the inclined-plane type consisting of a spirally threaded cylindrical rod that engages with a similarly threaded hole
  8. 3. a propeller with several angled blades that rotates to push against water or air
  9. 4. a fastener with a tapered threaded shank and a slotted head

    Derived terms

  10. 5. slang terms for sexual intercourse

    Derived terms

Famous quotes

  • « To enjoy being famous, you need to have a screw loose. »
    Diablo Cody
  • « We need to accept that we won't always make the right decisions, that we'll screw up royally sometimes - understanding that failure is not the opposite of success, it's part of success. »
    Arianna Huffington
  • « Now, therefore, the Directors of the company are hereby ordered to see that precautions are taken to make travel on said railroad perfectly safe by using a screw with at least twenty-four inches diameter. »
    Joshua A. Norton
  • « If guys don't respect themselves, they don't respect other people. That's times and personalities. And all of them are not that way. But it don't take but one or two to screw up the whole crowd. »
    Richard Petty
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    Maggie Q

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