screw

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Various screws.
Ship screw.

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From Middle English screw, scrue, from Middle French escroue, from Old French escroe (“nut, socket, screw”), of uncertain origin.

Perhaps from Latin scrōfa (“sow”), referring to the screw-like tip of a boar's penis; yet this development is not found in other Romance languages.

Alternative etymology derives Old French escroe from a Germanic source, from Old Frankish *scrūva (“screw”), from Proto-Germanic *skrūbō (“screw”), from Proto-Germanic *skru- (“to cut”), from Proto-Indo-European *(s)keru-, *(s)ker- (“to cut”), related to German Schraube (“screw”), Low German schruve, schruwe (“screw”), Dutch schroef (“screw”), Danish skrue (“screw”), Swedish skruf (“screw, peg”), Icelandic skrúfa (“screw”).

[edit] Noun

screw (plural screws)

  1. A simple machine, a helical inclined plane.
  2. A (usually) metal fastener consisting of a shank partially or completely threaded shank, sometimes with a threaded point, and a head used to both hold the top material and to drive the screw either directly into a soft material or into a prepared hole.
  3. (nautical) A ship's propeller.
  4. An Archimedes screw.
  5. (slang) A prison officer.
  6. (vulgar) Sexual intercourse; the act of screwing.
    have a good screw
  7. (slang) Salary, wages.
  8. (billiards) Backspin.

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simple machine
fastener
ship’s propeller
Archimedes screw — see Archimedes screw
prison guard
act of screwing
backspin — see backspin
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[edit] Verb

screw (third-person singular simple present screws, present participle screwing, simple past and past participle screwed)

  1. (transitive) To connect or assemble pieces using a screw.
  2. (transitive, vulgar, slang) To have sexual intercourse with.
  3. (transitive, slang) To cheat someone or ruin their chances in a game or other situation. Sometimes used in the form "screw over".
  4. (intransitive, slang) To be angry.
  5. (transitive, slang) To forget or not care about
    Screw that!
  6. (transitive) To apply pressure on; to put the screws on.
  7. (transitive) To contort
    • 1918, Edgar Rice Burroughs, The Land That Time Forgot Chapter V
      I had been calling Nobs in the meantime and was about to set out in search of him, fearing, to tell the truth, to do so lest I find him mangled and dead among the trees of the acacia grove, when he suddenly emerged from among the boles, his ears flattened, his tail between his legs and his body screwed into a suppliant S. He was unharmed except for minor bruises; but he was the most chastened dog I have ever seen.
  8. (soccer, transitive) To miskick (a ball) by hitting it with the wrong part of the foot.
    • 2011 February 5, Chris Whyatt, “Wolverhampton 2 - 1 Man Utd”, BBC:
      The visitors could have added an instant second, but Rooney screwed an ugly attempt high into Hennessey's arms after Berbatov cleverly found the unmarked England striker.

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terms derived from screw (verb)

[edit] Translations

To connect or assemble pieces using a screw
To have sexual intercourse with
To cheat or treat unfairly
To apply pressure on

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