screwnoun
uk/skruː/us/skruː/screw noun (METAL OBJECT)
[ C ] a thin, pointed piece of metal with a raised edge twisting round along its length and a flat top with a cut in it, used to join things together, especially pieces of wood
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Nuts, bolts & screws
- bolt
- nail
- nut
- rivet
- thread
- wing nut
screw noun (TURN)
[ C ] UK an act of twisting or turning done to fasten or tighten something:
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Nuts, bolts & screws
- bolt
- nail
- nut
- rivet
- thread
- wing nut
screw noun (PRISON GUARD)
[ C ] UK slang (a word used especially by prisoners) a prison guard
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Prisons & parts of prisons
- approved school
- Bastille
- boot camp
- borstal
- brig
- clink
- gaoler
- halfway house
- HMP
- house of correction
- jail
- matron
- prison
- prison camp
- protective custody
- remand centre
- seclusion room
- slop
- straightjacket
- straitjacket
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screw noun (HAVE SEX)
[ C ] UK offensive the act of sex, or a sexual partner:
screw noun (INSTRUMENT)
→ thumbscrew
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Punishing by causing pain
- birch
- cane
- cat-o'-nine-tails
- corporal punishment
- flagellate
- flay
- horsewhip
- kneecap
- lash
- lynch
- lynch law
- mortification
- mortification of the flesh idiom
- rack
- stone
- tar
- treadmill
- walloping
- whip
- whipping
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Idiom(s)
screwverb
uk/skruː/us/skruː/screw verb (METAL OBJECT)
[ T usually + adv/prep ] to fasten something using a screw:
[ T usually + adv/prep ] to fasten something using an object similar to a screw:
If something screws in/together, it fits or fastens together by being turned:
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Fastening and tying
- attach
- be locked together idiom
- board sth up
- bolt
- bound
- bow 1
- buckle
- buckle up
- hobble
- ligature
- mount
- nail
- put sth up
- reef knot
- rivet
- rope
- tie
- truss
- tying
- yoke
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screw verb (TIGHT SHAPE)
[ T + adv/prep ] to tighten the muscles of your face or part of your face into a particular expression, especially one of disapproval or pain:
[ T + adv/prep ] to twist and crush something, especially paper or cloth, roughly with your hands:
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Grimacing and frowning
- cloud
- eye
- eyebrow
- face
- frown
- furrow
- furrowed
- glower
- grimace
- if looks could kill... idiom
- look
- pout
- raise your eyebrows idiom
- resting bitch face
- roll
- roll your eyes idiom
- sb's face falls idiom
- wince
- withering
- wrinkle
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screw verb (TURN)
[ T usually + adv/prep ] to fasten something by turning it or twisting it:
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Fastening and tying
- attach
- be locked together idiom
- board sth up
- bolt
- bound
- bow 1
- buckle
- buckle up
- hobble
- ligature
- mount
- nail
- put sth up
- reef knot
- rivet
- rope
- tie
- truss
- tying
- yoke
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screw verb (CHEAT)
[ T ] slang to cheat or deceive someone:
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Cheating & tricking
- a numbers game idiom
- bad faith
- bamboozle
- bilk
- blackmail
- fleece
- gag
- honeyfuggle
- hoodwink
- impersonate
- jape
- jiggery-pokery
- poison
- ruse
- scam
- scammer
- sell sb a bill of goods idiom
- send/give out (all) the wrong signals idiom
- shaft
- wool
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screw verb (HAVE SEX)
[ I or T ] offensive to have sex with someone: