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screw

UK/ˈskɹuː/ US/ˈskɹʉw/ common informal slang us
noun (5) verb (5)

noun

1.

someone who guards prisoners

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2.

a simple machine of the inclined-plane type consisting of a spirally threaded cylindrical rod that engages with a similarly threaded hole

3.

a propeller with several angled blades that rotates to push against water or air

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4.

a fastener with a tapered threaded shank and a slotted head

5.

verb

1.

have sexual intercourse with

  • “This student sleeps with everyone in her dorm”
  • “Adam knew Eve”
  • “Were you ever intimate with this man?”
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2.
3.

cause to penetrate, as with a circular motion

  • “drive in screws or bolts”
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4.

tighten or fasten by means of screwing motions

  • “Screw the bottle cap on”
Antonyms
5.

Origin

From Middle English screw, scrue (“screw”); apparently, despite the difference in meaning, from Old French escroue (“nut, cylindrical socket, screwhole”), from Latin scrōfa (“female pig”) through comparison with the corkscrew shape of a pig's penis.

Phrases

  • chopped and screwed
  • get screwed
  • go screw yourself
  • have one's head screwed on
  • have one's head screwed on right
  • have one's head screwed on straight
  • have one's head screwed on the right way
  • I screw you not

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