'Screw' definitions:

Definition of 'Screw'

From: GCIDE
  • Screw \Screw\ (skr[udd]), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Screwed (skr[udd]d); p. pr. & vb. n. Screwing.]
  • 1. To turn, as a screw; to apply a screw to; to press, fasten, or make firm, by means of a screw or screws; as, to screw a lock on a door; to screw a press. [1913 Webster]
  • 2. To force; to squeeze; to press, as by screws. [1913 Webster]
  • But screw your courage to the sticking place, And we'll not fail. --Shak. [1913 Webster]
  • 3. Hence: To practice extortion upon; to oppress by unreasonable or extortionate exactions. [1913 Webster]
  • Our country landlords, by unmeasurable screwing and racking their tenants, have already reduced the miserable people to a worse condition than the peasants in France. --swift. [1913 Webster]
  • 4. To twist; to distort; as, to screw his visage. [1913 Webster]
  • He screwed his face into a hardened smile. --Dryden. [1913 Webster]
  • 5. To examine rigidly, as a student; to subject to a severe examination. [Cant, American Colleges] [1913 Webster]
  • To screw out, to press out; to extort.
  • To screw up, (a) to force; to bring by violent pressure. --Howell. (b) to damage by unskillful effort; to bungle; to botch; to mess up; as, he screwed up the contract negotiations, and we lost the deal. (c) [intrans.] to fail by unskillful effort, usually causing unpleasant consequences.
  • To screw in, to force in by turning or twisting.
  • Screw around, (a) to act aimlessly or unproductively. (b) to commit adultery; to be sexually promiscuous.
  • Screw around with, to operate or make changes on (a machine or device) without expert knowledge; to fiddle with. [Colloq.] . --> [1913 Webster]

Definition of 'Screw'

From: GCIDE
  • Screw \Screw\, v. i.
  • 1. To use violent means in making exactions; to be oppressive or exacting. --Howitt. [1913 Webster]
  • 2. To turn one's self uneasily with a twisting motion; as, he screws about in his chair. [1913 Webster]

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