1. (n.)screw a metalfastener having a tapered shank with a helical thread, and topped with a slotted head, driven into wood or the like by rotating, as with a screwdriver.
2. screw a threaded cylindrical rod, with a head at one end, that engages a threaded hole and is used as a fastener, clamp, etc.
3. screw a tapped or threaded hole.
4. screw something having a spiral form.
5. screw a single turn of a screw.
6. screw a twisting movement.
7. screw Brit.
8. screw a little salt, tobacco, etc., carried in a twist of paper.
9. screw Slang. a debilitated horse.
10. screw Slang. a miser.
11. screw Slang. a prison guard.
12. screw Vulgar Slang.
13. screw an act of sexual intercourse.
14. screw a sexual partner.
15. (v.t.)screw to turn or tighten (a screw).
16. screw to fasten or attach with or as if with a screw or screws.
17. screw to attach, detach, or adjust (a threaded part) by a twisting motion.
18. screw to operate or adjust by a screw, as a press.
19. screw to contort as by twisting; distort.
20. screw to strengthen or intensify (usu. fol. by up): I screwed up my courage and asked for a raise.
2. (noun)screw a simplemachine of the inclined-planetype consisting of a spirally threaded cylindrical rod that engages with a similarly threaded hole
3. (noun)screw, screw propeller a propeller with several angled blades that rotates to push against water or air
4. (noun)screw a fastener with a tapered threaded shank and a slotted head
5. (verb)fuck, fucking, screw, screwing, ass, nooky, nookie, piece of ass, piece of tail, roll in the hay, shag, shtup slang for sexual intercourse
6. (verb)sleep together, roll in the hay, love, make out, make love, sleep with, get laid, have sex, know, do it, be intimate, have intercourse, have it away, have it off, screw, fuck, jazz, eff, hump, lie with, bed, have a go at it, bang, get it on, bonk have sexual intercourse with "This student sleeps with everyone in her dorm"; "Adam knew Eve"; "Were you ever intimate with this man?"
1. (verb)screw ≠ unscrew He screwed the two pieces together.
2. screw ≠ unscrew I screwed the cap back on the jar.
3. (noun)screw a pointed metal pin with grooves and a flat top, which you can drill into wood, metal, etc. She tightened the loose screw.
Definition of 'screw'
Webster Dictionary
1. (noun)screw a cylinder, or a cylindrical perforation, having a continuous rib, called the thread, windinground it spirally at a constant inclination, so as to leave a continuous spiralgroove between one turn and the next, -- used chiefly for producing, when revolved, motion or pressure in the direction of its axis, by the sliding of the threads of the cylinder in the grooves between the threads of the perforation adapted to it, the formerbeing distinguished as the external, or male screw, or, more usually the screw; the latter as the internal, or female screw, or, more usually, the nut
2. (noun)screw specifically, a kind of nail with a spiralthread and a head with a nick to receive the end of the screw-driver. Screws are much used to hold together pieces of wood or to fasten something; -- called also wood screws, and screw nails. See also Screw bolt, below
3. (noun)screw anything shaped or actinglike a screw; esp., a form of wheel for propelling steam vessels. It is placed at the stern, and furnished with blades having helicoidal surfaces to act against the water in the manner of a screw. See Screw propeller, below
4. (noun)screw a steam vesel propelled by a screw instead of wheels; a screw steamer; a propeller
5. (noun)screw an extortioner; a sharp bargainer; a skinflint; a niggard
11. (verb)screw to turn, as a screw; to apply a screw to; to press, fasten, or make firm, by means of a screw or screws; as, to screw a lock on a door; to screw a press
12. (verb)screw to force; to squeeze; to press, as by screws
13. (verb)screw hence: To practiceextortion upon; to oppress by unreasonable or extortionate exactions
14. (verb)screw to twist; to distort; as, to screw his visage
15. (verb)screw to examine rigidly, as a student; to subject to a severe examination
16. (verb)screw to use violent mans in making exactions; to be oppressive or exacting
17. (verb)screw to turn one's self uneasily with a twisting motion; as, he screws about in his chair
Definitions of 'screw'
The New Hacker's Dictionary
1. screw [MIT] A lose, usually in software.
Especially used for user-visible misbehavior caused by a bug or misfeature.
This use has become quite widespread outsideMIT.