āĻ āĻ¨ā§āĻ¸āĻ¨ā§āĻ§āĻžāĻ¨ āĻāĻ°ā§āĻ¨
āĻ āĻāĻŋāĻ§āĻžāĻ¨ā§āĻ° āĻāĻžāĻˇāĻž āĻ¨āĻŋāĻ°ā§āĻŦāĻžāĻāĻ¨ āĻāĻ°ā§āĻ¨
āĻāĻĒāĻ¨āĻžāĻ° āĻāĻžāĻˇāĻž āĻ¨āĻŋāĻ°ā§āĻŦāĻžāĻāĻ¨ āĻāĻ°ā§āĻ¨
01
āĻ¸ā§āĻā§āĻ°ā§, āĻŦā§āĻ˛ā§āĻ
a small pointy piece of metal that can be fasten into wooden or metal objects using a screwdriver to hold things together
āĻāĻĻāĻžāĻšāĻ°āĻŖ
The carpenter inserted screws into the wooden boards to construct the frame.
āĻāĻžāĻ āĻŽāĻŋāĻ¸ā§āĻ¤ā§āĻ°āĻŋ āĻĢā§āĻ°ā§āĻŽ āĻ¤ā§āĻ°āĻŋ āĻāĻ°āĻ¤ā§ āĻāĻžāĻ ā§āĻ° āĻ¤āĻā§āĻ¤āĻžāĻ¯āĻŧ āĻ¸ā§āĻā§āĻ°ā§ āĻĸā§āĻāĻŋāĻ¯āĻŧā§āĻā§āĨ¤
02
an act of sexual intercourse
Dialect
American
AmericanSlang
Vulgar
āĻāĻĻāĻžāĻšāĻ°āĻŖ
He only cared about a quick screw, not a relationship.
03
a propeller with angled blades that rotates to move a ship or aircraft through water or air
āĻāĻĻāĻžāĻšāĻ°āĻŖ
Divers checked the ship 's screw for damage.
04
a simple machine based on an inclined plane wrapped around a cylinder, converting rotational motion into linear motion
āĻāĻĻāĻžāĻšāĻ°āĻŖ
Archimedes ' screw was used to lift water.
05
a prison guard
Dialect
British
BritishSlang
āĻāĻĻāĻžāĻšāĻ°āĻŖ
The screw kept watch over the cell block.
06
a casual sexual partner
DialectAmerican
AmericanSlang
Vulgar
āĻāĻĻāĻžāĻšāĻ°āĻŖ
His friends teased him about his older screw.
to screw
01
āĻ āĻāĻžāĻ¨ā§, āĻĒā§āĻ°āĻ¤āĻžāĻ°āĻŖāĻž āĻāĻ°āĻž
to cheat or take advantage of someone unfairly, often for financial gain
Transitive: to screw sb
āĻāĻĻāĻžāĻšāĻ°āĻŖ
The used car salesman tried to screw me by selling me a lemon without disclosing its mechanical problems.
āĻŦā§āĻ¯āĻŦāĻšā§āĻ¤ āĻāĻžāĻĄāĻŧāĻŋāĻ° āĻŦāĻŋāĻā§āĻ°ā§āĻ¤āĻž āĻāĻŽāĻžāĻā§ āĻ āĻāĻžāĻ¤ā§ āĻā§āĻˇā§āĻāĻž āĻāĻ°ā§āĻāĻŋāĻ˛ āĻāĻāĻāĻŋ āĻāĻžāĻ°āĻžāĻĒ āĻāĻžāĻĄāĻŧāĻŋ āĻŦāĻŋāĻā§āĻ°āĻŋ āĻāĻ°ā§ āĻāĻŦāĻ āĻāĻ° āĻ¯āĻžāĻ¨ā§āĻ¤ā§āĻ°āĻŋāĻ āĻ¸āĻŽāĻ¸ā§āĻ¯āĻžāĻā§āĻ˛āĻŋ āĻĒā§āĻ°āĻāĻžāĻļ āĻ¨āĻž āĻāĻ°ā§āĨ¤
02
āĻ¸ā§āĻā§āĻ°ā§ āĻāĻ°āĻž, āĻāĻžāĻāĻ āĻāĻ°āĻž
to firmly attach or tighten something using a turning metal fastener
Transitive: to screw sth to a support structure | to screw sth onto a support structure
āĻāĻĻāĻžāĻšāĻ°āĻŖ
The technician screws the panels onto the chassis to complete the assembly of the machine.
āĻĒā§āĻ°āĻ¯ā§āĻā§āĻ¤āĻŋāĻŦāĻŋāĻĻ āĻŽā§āĻļāĻŋāĻ¨ā§āĻ° āĻ¸āĻŽāĻžāĻŦā§āĻļ āĻ¸āĻŽā§āĻĒā§āĻ°ā§āĻŖ āĻāĻ°āĻ¤ā§ āĻĒā§āĻ¯āĻžāĻ¨ā§āĻ˛āĻā§āĻ˛āĻŋ āĻā§āĻ¸āĻŋāĻ¸ā§ āĻ¸ā§āĻā§āĻ°ā§ āĻāĻ°ā§āĻ¨āĨ¤
03
āĻ¸ā§āĻā§āĻ°ā§ āĻāĻ°āĻž, āĻāĻžāĻāĻ āĻāĻ°āĻž
to tighten something by rotating it in a twisting motion
Transitive: to screw sth to sth | to screw sth into sth | to screw sth onto sth
āĻāĻĻāĻžāĻšāĻ°āĻŖ
She carefully screwed the lightbulb into the socket, illuminating the room.
āĻ¸ā§ āĻ¸āĻžāĻŦāĻ§āĻžāĻ¨ā§ āĻŦāĻžāĻ˛ā§āĻŦāĻāĻŋ āĻ¸āĻā§āĻā§ āĻ¸ā§āĻā§āĻ°ā§ āĻāĻ°ā§ āĻāĻ°āĻāĻŋ āĻāĻ˛ā§āĻāĻŋāĻ¤ āĻāĻ°āĻ˛āĨ¤
04
āĻā§āĻĻāĻž, āĻ§ā§āĻ¨
to engage in sexual intercourse
DialectAmerican
AmericanTransitive: to screw sb
Slang
Vulgar
āĻāĻĻāĻžāĻšāĻ°āĻŖ
He boasted about how many women he had screwed.
05
to express defiance, rejection, or contempt toward a person, rule, or situation
DialectAmerican
AmericanSlang
Vulgar
āĻāĻĻāĻžāĻšāĻ°āĻŖ
Screw the diet â I'm getting pizza tonight.
āĻļāĻŦā§āĻĻāĻ¤āĻžāĻ¤ā§āĻ¤ā§āĻŦāĻŋāĻ āĻāĻžāĻ
screwy
screw
āĻ¨āĻŋāĻāĻāĻŦāĻ°ā§āĻ¤ā§ āĻļāĻŦā§āĻĻ
