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    [Noun]  | "screw" | \ ˈskrü \


    1: a simple machine of the inclined plane type consisting of a spirally grooved solid cylinder and a correspondingly grooved hollow cylinder into which it fits

    2: a nail-shaped or rod-shaped piece with a spiral groove and a slotted or recessed head designed to be inserted into material by rotating (as with a screwdriver) and used for fastening pieces of solid material together

    3: a form that resembles a screw : spiral

    Origin: 15th century ;

     Middle English scrue, from Middle French escroe female screw, nut, from Medieval Latin scrofa, from Latin, sow;

    [Noun]  | "Al*len screw" | \ ˈa-lən- \


    1: a screw with a hexagonal socket in its head that is designed to be used with an Allen wrench

    Origin: 1917 ;

    [Noun]  | "Ar*chi*me*des' screw" | \ ˌär-kə-ˈmē-dēz- \


    1: a device made of a tube bent spirally around an axis or of a broad-threaded screw encased by a cylinder and used to raise water

    Origin: 1653 ;

     Archimedes;

    [Noun]  | "Phillips screw" 


    1: a type of screw that has two slots in its top that intersect in the middle at right angles

    Origin: 1936 ;

    [Noun]  | "pooch" | \ ˈpüch \


    1: dog

    Origin: 1908 ;

     Origin unknown;

    [Verb]  | "screw" 


    1: to attach, fasten, or close by means of a screw

    2: to unite or separate by means of a screw or a twisting motion

    3: to press tightly in a device (such as a vise) operated by a screw

    Origin: circa 1597 ;

    [Verb]  | "screw around" 


    1: to waste time with unproductive activity : dally

    2: to have sexual relations with someone outside of a marriage or steady relationship : be sexually promiscuous

    Origin: 1935 ;

    [Verb]  | "screw up" 


    1: to tighten, fasten, or lock by or as if by a screw

    2: bungle, botch

    3: to cause to act or function in an erratic or confused way : confound, disturb

    Origin: 1625 ;

    [Idiom]  | "put the screws on/to (someone or something)" 


    1: to use force or the threat of force to make (someone or something) do what one wants

    [Idiom]  | "tighten the screws" 


    1: to put more pressure on someone or something to do something

    [Verb]  | "screws" 


    1: to twist (something) out of a natural or normal shape or condition;


      * e.g., " ... screwed up his face at the taste of the medicine "



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    2: to rob by the use of trickery or threats;


      * e.g., " ... managed to screw his siblings out of their share of the inheritance "



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    [Verb]  | "screw" 


    1: to twist (something) out of a natural or normal shape or condition;


      * e.g., " ... screwed up his face at the taste of the medicine "



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    2: to rob by the use of trickery or threats;


      * e.g., " ... managed to screw his siblings out of their share of the inheritance "



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    [Verb]  | "screws around" 


    1: to be sexually unfaithful;


      * e.g., " ... he hired a private detective because he thought his wife was screwing around "



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    [Verb]  | "screws up" 


    1: to make a mistake;


      * e.g., " ... we all screw up from time to time, so don't sweat it "



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    2: to make or do (something) in a clumsy or unskillful way;


      * e.g., " ... you've totally screwed up the spreadsheet "



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    [Verb]  | "screw around" 


    1: to be sexually unfaithful;


      * e.g., " ... he hired a private detective because he thought his wife was screwing around "



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    [Verb]  | "screw up" 


    1: to make a mistake;


      * e.g., " ... we all screw up from time to time, so don't sweat it "



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    2: to make or do (something) in a clumsy or unskillful way;


      * e.g., " ... you've totally screwed up the spreadsheet "



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     [ "screws" ]

    1: a disrespectful slang term used by prisoners to describe prison officers.

      * e.g.,  ... The screws beat me up real good the other nite 

     [ "screwed" ]

    1: To be in a hopeless situation or position, without a chance of redemption. To be

      * e.g.,  ...  For a student wanting to pass a class, failing the final exam would result in them being screwed. A criminal that is trapped in an alley by police officers is screwed. In The Lord of the Rings, when the Ring was finally destroyed, Sauron thought to himself, "Oh dear, it appears that I am now screwed." 

     [ "Screw that" ]

    1: Said after someone tells or asks you to do something that you're too lazy or you just don't want to do. Can be used the same as "fuck that" or "I don't want to" .

      * e.g.,  ... Jim: Dude pass me a coke? 

     [ "screwed" ]

    1: a more subtle substitute for the word "fucked"

      * e.g.,  ...  "Dude, I think Sean screwed her last night." 

     [ "screwed" ]

    2:  describes someone who just had sex

      * e.g.,  ...  "We have our exam TODAY?! Dammit, I'm so SCREWED!" 

     [ "screwed" ]

    3:  the position that is a result of a problem or bad situation that seems impossible to solve/get out of

     [ "screw this" ]

    1: An act of not giving a fuck over a certain thing or subject.

      * e.g.,  ... Teacher: You have 5 things to do for homework, class. Tom: Man, Screw this! 

     [ "screw it" ]

    1: )Fuck it

      * e.g.,  ... ) Man screw it, im not doing homework. 

     [ "screw it" ]

    2: )Dont do somthing

      * e.g.,  ... )Sleep??!!,Screw it. 

     [ "screw it" ]

    3: )A fun word to say

      * e.g.,  ... )Screw it!!Screw it!!Screw it!!Screw it!!Screw it!! (hehe) 

     [ "Screwed On" ]

    1: Someone who is "all there" in a mental sense but not necessarily in a physical one.

      * e.g.,  ... Steven Hawking is totally screwed on man. 

     [ "screw" ]

    1: Euphemism for fuck. Anyway you use it.

      * e.g.,  ... Screw you. 

     [ "Screwing" ]

    1:  The act of having sex with a partner Messing around, or being foolish

      * e.g.,  ...  Luke: I was screwing Jessica until she screamed with pleasure. Boss: Quit screwing around and get to work! 

     [ "The Screw" ]

    1: Screw City, Screwston, Houston, Texas, named for the distinct Chopped n' Screwed style of hip hop that originated in the city.

      * e.g.,  ... You know niggaz don't play around in the Screw Ain't too many punks down here in the Screw 

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