ALL meanings of screws
screw
S s - noun screws 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 screws 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 screws British. a tapped or threaded hole. 1
- noun screws something having a spiral form. 1
- noun screws screw propeller. 1
- noun screws Usually, screws. physical or mental coercion: The terrified debtor soon felt the gangster's screws. 1
- noun screws a single turn of a screw. 1
- noun screws a twist, turn, or twisting movement. 1
- noun screws 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. 1
- noun screws British Informal. salary; wages. 1
- noun screws Slang. a prison guard. 1
- noun screws Slang: Vulgar. an act of coitus. a person viewed as a sexual partner. 1
- verb with object screws 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. 1
- verb with object screws to operate or adjust by a screw, as a press. 1
- verb with object screws to attach with a screw or screws: to screw a bracket to a wall. 1
- verb with object screws to insert, fasten, undo, or work (a screw, bolt, nut, bottle top with a helical thread, etc.) by turning. 1
- verb with object screws to contort as by twisting; distort (often followed by up): Dad screwed his face into a grimace of disgust. 1
- verb with object screws to cause to become sufficiently strong or intense (usually followed by up): I screwed up my courage to ask for a raise. 1
- verb with object screws to coerce or threaten. 1
- verb with object screws to extract or extort. 1
- verb with object screws to force (a seller) to lower a price (often followed by down). 1
- verb with object screws Slang. to cheat or take advantage of (someone). 1
- verb with object screws Slang: Vulgar. to have coitus with. 1
- verb without object screws to turn as or like a screw. 1
- verb without object screws to be adapted for being connected, taken apart, opened, or closed by means of a screw or screws or parts with helical threads (usually followed by on, together, or off): This top screws on easily. 1
- verb without object screws to turn or move with a twisting or rotating motion. 1
- verb without object screws to practice extortion. 1
- verb without object screws Slang: Vulgar. to have coitus. 1
- idioms screws have a screw loose, Slang. to be eccentric or neurotic; have crazy ideas: You must have a screw loose to keep so many cats. 1
- idioms screws have one’s head screwed on right/straight. head (def 67). 1
- idioms screws put the screws on, to compel by exerting pressure on; use coercion on; force: They kept putting the screws on him for more money. 1