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screw

screw
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Transcription

    • US Pronunciation
    • US IPA
    • UK Pronunciation
    • UK IPA
    • [skroo]
    • /skru/
    • /skruː/
    • US Pronunciation
    • US IPA
    • [skroo]
    • /skru/

Definitions of screw word

  • noun screw 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, especially by means of a screwdriver. 1
  • noun screw 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 bolt1 (def 3). 1
  • noun screw British. a tapped or threaded hole. 1
  • noun screw something having a spiral form. 1
  • noun screw screw propeller. 1
  • noun screw Usually, screws. physical or mental coercion: The terrified debtor soon felt the gangster's screws. 1

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Origin of screw

First appearance:

before 1375
One of the 22% oldest English words
1375-1425; late Middle English scrwe, screw(e) (noun); compare Middle French escro(ue) nut, Middle Dutch schrûve, Middle High German schrûbe screw

Historical Comparancy

Parts of speech for Screw

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation

screw popularity

A common word. It’s meaning is known to most children of preschool age. About 95% of English native speakers know the meaning and use the word.
Most Europeans know this English word. The frequency of it’s usage is somewhere between "mom" and "screwdriver".

screw usage trend in Literature

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Synonyms for screw

verb screw

  • abandon — If you abandon a place, thing, or person, you leave the place, thing, or person permanently or for a long time, especially when you should not do so.
  • bend the rules — to ignore rules or change them to suit one's own convenience
  • break down — If a machine or a vehicle breaks down, it stops working.
  • buffalo — A buffalo is a wild animal like a large cow with horns that curve upwards. Buffalo are usually found in southern and eastern Africa.
  • buffaloed — any of several large wild oxen of the family Bovidae. Compare bison, Cape buffalo, water buffalo.

noun screw

  • brad — a small tapered nail having a small head that is either symmetrical or formed on one side only
  • corkscrew — A corkscrew is a device for pulling corks out of bottles.
  • curlicue — Curlicues are decorative twists and curls, usually carved or made with a pen.
  • fastener — any of various devices for fastening.
  • gnarl — a knotty protuberance on a tree; knot.

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