thumbscrew

[ thuhm-skroo ]

/ ˈθʌmˌskru /

noun

a screw, the head of which is so constructed that it may be turned easily with the thumb and a finger.

Often thumbscrews. an old instrument of torture by which one or both thumbs were compressed.

Origin of thumbscrew

First recorded in 1705–15; thumb + screw

Words nearby thumbscrew

thumbnut, thumb one's nose, thumb piano, thumbpiece, thumbprint, thumbscrew, thumbs-down, thumbstall, thumb-sucker, thumbs-up, thumbtack

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Example sentences from the Web for thumbscrew

A painted target, arranged with a slide to be moved up and down on this staff, and held by a thumbscrew, will be found useful.
Farm drainage|Henry Flagg French
The thumbscrew would extort a confession from a dead man; and the rack—well, that is something inconceivably devilish.
Nasby in Exile|David R. Locke
The small fitting under the gasoline tank has a thumbscrew shutoff and a glass-sight feed tube, leading to the carburetor.
Smithsonian Institution - United States National Museum - Bulletin 240|Anonymous
The valve should be of the "screw-down" pattern, either with a thumbscrew, wheel and spindle, or a key.
The Turkish Bath|Robert Owen Allsop

The thumbscrew is to be adjusted so that the free end of "F" will rest against it in a temperature of 70 Fahr.
Rules and Practice for Adjusting Watches|Walter J. Kleinlein

British Dictionary definitions for thumbscrew

thumbscrew

/ (ˈθʌmˌskruː) /

noun

an instrument of torture that pinches or crushes the thumbs

a screw with projections on its head enabling it to be turned by the thumb and forefinger

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单词	thumbscrew
释义	thumbscrew [ thuhm-skroo ] / ˈθʌmˌskru / noun a screw, the head of which is so constructed that it may be turned easily with the thumb and a finger. Often thumbscrews. an old instrument of torture by which one or both thumbs were compressed. Origin of thumbscrew First recorded in 1705–15; thumb + screw Words nearby thumbscrew thumbnut, thumb one's nose, thumb piano, thumbpiece, thumbprint, thumbscrew, thumbs-down, thumbstall, thumb-sucker, thumbs-up, thumbtack Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 Example sentences from the Web for thumbscrew A painted target, arranged with a slide to be moved up and down on this staff, and held by a thumbscrew, will be found useful. Farm drainage\|Henry Flagg French The thumbscrew would extort a confession from a dead man; and the rack—well, that is something inconceivably devilish. Nasby in Exile\|David R. Locke The small fitting under the gasoline tank has a thumbscrew shutoff and a glass-sight feed tube, leading to the carburetor. Smithsonian Institution - United States National Museum - Bulletin 240\|Anonymous The valve should be of the "screw-down" pattern, either with a thumbscrew, wheel and spindle, or a key. The Turkish Bath\|Robert Owen Allsop The thumbscrew is to be adjusted so that the free end of "F" will rest against it in a temperature of 70 Fahr. Rules and Practice for Adjusting Watches\|Walter J. Kleinlein British Dictionary definitions for thumbscrew thumbscrew / (ˈθʌmˌskruː) / noun an instrument of torture that pinches or crushes the thumbs a screw with projections on its head enabling it to be turned by the thumb and forefinger Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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