Tikibu: pronunciation dictionary with use examples

Word: screw
IPA transcription: [skɹ'u]
Pronunciations of screw
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noun meaning of the word
  • Synonyms: fuck, fucking, screw, screwing, ass, nooky, nookie, piece_of_ass, piece_of_tail, roll_in_the_hay, shag, shtup
    Meaning: slang for sexual intercourse
  • Synonyms: screw
    Meaning: a fastener with a tapered threaded shank and a slotted head
  • Synonyms: screw, screw_propeller
    Meaning: a propeller with several angled blades that rotates to push against water or air
  • Synonyms: screw
    Meaning: a simple machine of the inclined-plane type consisting of a spirally threaded cylindrical rod that engages with a similarly threaded hole
  • Synonyms: prison_guard, jailer, jailor, gaoler, screw, turnkey
    Meaning: someone who guards prisoners
verb meaning of the word
  • Synonyms: cheat, chouse, shaft, screw, chicane, jockey
    Meaning: defeat someone through trickery or deceit
  • Synonyms: screw
    Meaning: tighten or fasten by means of screwing motions; "Screw the bottle cap on"
  • Synonyms: screw, drive_in
    Meaning: cause to penetrate, as with a circular motion; "drive in screws or bolts"
  • Synonyms: screw
    Meaning: turn like a screw
  • Synonyms: sleep_together, roll_in_the_hay, love, make_out, make_love, sleep_with, get_laid, have_sex, know, do_it, be_intimate, have_intercourse, have_it_away, have_it_off, screw, fuck, jazz, eff, hump, lie_with, bed, have_a_go_at_it, bang, get_it_on, bonk
    Meaning: have sexual intercourse with; "This student sleeps with everyone in her dorm"; "Adam knew Eve"; "Were you ever intimate with this man?"
Usage examples
  • Screw driver, please."
  • They heard our whirring screw.
  • Now, do you have the pliers, wire-cutters, and screw driver below?"
  • He clicked over a lever and with a roar the big three-bladed tractor screw spun.
  • The Phoenix took the screw driver in one claw and flew up to the top of the pole.
  • "If he wanted to keep 'em after he was dead, a wicked old screw," pursued the woman, "why wasn't he natural in his lifetime?
  • The first step towards the revolution was taken many years ago when the screw propeller was substituted for the paddle-wheel.
  • David could hear the creak of the lines under the Phoenix's weight and the rattling of the screw driver against the porcelain insulators.
  • "We've got to hold on tight," Ned said, "and screw the nuts down again! If we can stay attached to the Nautilus, we can still make it . . . !"
  • The twin screw, with which the best and safest of modern steam-ships are all fitted, will soon develop into what may be called "the twin stern".
0. Word pronunciation is derived from article recording Henry F. Phillips, License CC BY-SA 4.0