screw

noun

slang for sexual intercourse

a fastener with a tapered threaded shank and a slotted head

a propeller with several angled blades that rotates to push against water or air

a simple machine of the inclined-plane type consisting of a spirally threaded cylindrical rod that engages with a similarly threaded hole

someone who guards prisoners

verb

defeat someone through trickery or deceit

tighten or fasten by means of screwing motions

cause to penetrate, as with a circular motion

turn like a screw

have sexual intercourse with

Roots

scrofascrew- · Latin · sow (from the twisting pig's tail / spiral form)

Synonyms for screw

fuckv thumbscrewn wrenchv latchn swiveln hingev crankv

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