'To screw out' definitions:
Definition of 'To screw out'
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- 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]
Words containing 'To screw out'
- Screw,
- Screwed,
- Screwing,
- To screw in,
- To screw up,
- screw up,
- A screw loose,
- Archimedes screw,
- Bed screw,
- Binding screw,
- Breech screw,
- Compound screw,
- Differential screw,
- Endless screw,
- Feathering screw,
- Feed screw,
- Female screw,
- Fillister screw had,
- Foot screw,
- Hand screw,
- Hindleys screw,
- Hunter's screw,
- Interior screw,
- Lag screw,
- Lead screw,
- Lighter screw,
- Machine screw,
- Male screw,
- Micrometer screw,
- Perpetual screw,
- Sand screw,
- Screw alley,
- Screw around,
- Screw around with,
- Screw bean,
- Screw bolt,
- Screw box,
- Screw dock,
- Screw engine,
- Screw gear,
- Screw jack,
- Screw key,
- Screw machine,
- Screw peg,
- Screw pile,
- Screw pine,
- Screw plate,
- Screw press,
- Screw propeller,
- Screw shell,
- Screw steamer,
- Screw stone,
- Screw thread,
- Screw tree,
- Screw valve,
- Screw worm,
- Screw wrench,
- Screwing machine,
- Set screw,
- Side screw,
- Tangent screw,
- Temper screw,
- Thrusting screw,
- To put the screw on,
- To put the screws on,
- To put under the screw,
- To put under the screws,
- Tractor screw,
- Turn screw,
- Water screw,
- Wood screw,
- allen screw,
- bottle screw,
- cap screw,
- metal screw,
- phillips screw,
- screw auger,
- screw augur,
- screw eye,
- screw log,
- screw nails,
- wing screw,
- wood screws,
- Right and left screw,
- Screw-cutting,
- Screw-driver,
- screw-loose,
- screw-topped,
- textile screw pine,
- Left-handed screw,
- Right-handed screw,
- Screw-pod mesquite,
- Twin-screw steamer,
- screw-pine family,
- nut-leaved screw tree