screw

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Synonyms: scree, shrew, strew, crew, scraw, scrow, sprew, scre, jcrew, screy, skrew

Antonyms: scree, shrew, strew, crew, scraw, scrow, sprew, scre, jcrew, screy, skrew

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Noun

1. A device that has a [[helical]] function.
2. The motion of screwing something; a turn or twist to one side.
3. {{lb|en|slang|derogatory}} A [[prison guard]].
4. {{lb|en|slang|derogatory}} An [[extortioner]]; a sharp bargainer; a [[skinflint]].
5. {{lb|en|US|slang|dated}} An [[instructor]] who examines with great or unnecessary [[severity]]; also, a searching or strict examination of a student by an instructor.
6. {{lb|en|vulgar|slang}} [[sexual intercourse|Sexual intercourse]]; the act of [[screwing]].
7. {{lb|en|vulgar|slang}} A [[casual]] [[sexual partner]].
8. {{lb|en|slang|archaic}} Salary, wages.
9. {{lb|en|snooker|billiards}} [[backspin|Backspin]].
10. {{lb|en|dated}} A twist of paper, especially one containing a small quantity of a material such as salt or tobacco.
11. {{lb|en|dated}} An old, worn-out, unsound and worthless horse.
12. {{lb|en|math}} 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.

Verb

1. {{lb|en|transitive}} To connect or assemble pieces using a screw.
2. {{lb|en|ambitransitive|vulgar|slang}} To [[have]] [[sexual intercourse]] with.
3. {{lb|en|transitive|slang}} To cheat someone or ruin their chances in a game or other situation.
4. {{lb|en|transitive}} To [[extort]] or practice [[extortion]] upon; to oppress by unreasonable or extortionate exactions; to [[put the screws]] on.
5. {{lb|en|transitive}} To [[contort]].
6. {{lb|en|soccer|transitive}} To [[miskick]] (a ball) by hitting it with the wrong part of the foot.
7. {{lb|en|billiards|snooker|pool}} To [[screw back]].
8. {{lb|en|US|slang|dated}} To [[examine]] (a student) [[rigidly]]; to subject to a severe [[examination]].
9. {{lb|en|intransitive|US|slang|often|imperative|dated}} To [[leave#Verb|leave]]; to [[go away]]; to [[scram#Verb|scram]]. {{defdate|from early to mid 20th c.}}
10. {{lb|en|colloquial|transitive|imperative|mildly|_|vulgar}} {{non-gloss|Used to express great displeasure with, or contemptuous dismissal of, someone or something.}} To [[give up on]], to [[abandon]], [[delay]], to not [[think about]] someone or something.

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