• Noun Nautical .

    mooring screw.

    Noun

    a metal fastener having a tapered shank with a helical thread, and topped with a slotted head, driven into wood or the like by rotating, esp. by means of a screwdriver.
    a threaded cylindrical pin or rod with a head at one end, engaging a threaded hole and used either as a fastener or as a simple machine for applying power, as in a clamp, jack, etc. Compare bolt 1 ( def. 3 ) .
    British . a tapped or threaded hole.
    something having a spiral form.
    screw propeller.
    Usually, screws. physical or mental coercion
    The terrified debtor soon felt the gangster's screws.
    a single turn of a screw.
    a twist, turn, or twisting movement.
    Chiefly British .
    a little salt, sugar, tobacco, etc., carried in a twist of paper.
    Slang . a mean, old, or worn-out horse; a horse from which one can obtain no further service.
    Slang . a friend or employer from whom one can obtain no more money.
    Slang . a miser.
    British Informal . salary; wages.
    Slang . a prison guard.
    Slang
    Vulgar
    an act of coitus.
    a person viewed as a sexual partner.

    Verb (used with object)

    to fasten, tighten, force, press, stretch tight, etc., by or as if by means of a screw or device operated by a screw or helical threads.
    to operate or adjust by a screw, as a press.
    to attach with a screw or screws
    to screw a bracket to a wall.
    to insert, fasten, undo, or work (a screw, bolt, nut, bottle top with a helical thread, etc.) by turning.
    to contort as by twisting; distort
    Father screwed his face into a grimace of disgust.
    to cause to become sufficiently strong or intense (usually fol. by up )
    I screwed up my courage to ask for a raise.
    to coerce or threaten.
    to extract or extort.
    to force (a seller) to lower a price (often fol. by down ).
    Slang . to cheat or take advantage of (someone).

    Verb (used without object)

    to turn as or like a screw.
    to be adapted for being connected, taken apart, opened, or closed by means of a screw or screws or parts with helical threads (usually fol. by on, together, or off )
    This top screws on easily.
    to turn or move with a twisting or rotating motion.
    to practice extortion.
    Slang
    Vulgar to have coitus.

    Verb phrases

    screw around, Slang .
    to waste time in foolish or frivolous activity
    If you'd stop screwing around we could get this job done.
    Vulgar . to engage in promiscuous sex.
    screw off, Slang .
    to do nothing; loaf.
    to leave; go away.
    screw up, Slang .
    to ruin through bungling or stupidity
    Somehow the engineers screwed up the entire construction project.
    to make a botch of something; blunder.
    to make confused, anxious, or neurotic. ?

    Idioms

    have a screw loose
    Slang . to be eccentric or neurotic; have crazy ideas
    You must have a screw loose to keep so many cats.
    put the screws on
    to compel by exerting pressure on; use coercion on; force
    They kept putting the screws on him for more money.

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