A screw, or bolt, is a type of fastener characterized by a helical ridge, known as an external thread or just thread, wrapped around a cylinder. Some screw threads are designed to mate with a complementary thread, known as an internal thread, often in the form of a nut or an object that has the internal thread formed into it. Other screw threads are designed to cut a helical groove in a softer material as the screw is inserted. The most common uses of screws are to hold objects together and to position objects.

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  1. A simple machine, a helical inclined plane.
  2. A (usually) metal fastener consisting of a shank partially or completely threaded shank, sometimes with a threaded point, and a head used to both hold the top material and to drive the screw either directly into a soft material or into a prepared hole.
  3. A ship's propeller.
  4. An Archimedes screw.
  5. A prison guard.
  6. Sexual intercourse; the act of screwing.
    have a good screw
  7. A casual sexual partner.
  8. Salary, wages.
  9. Backspin.
  10. A steam vessel propelled by a screw instead of wheels.
  11. An extortioner; a sharp bargainer; a skinflint.
  13. A small packet of tobacco.
  15. A straight line in space with which a definite linear magnitude termed the pitch is associated. It is used to express the displacement of a rigid body, which may always be made to consist of a rotation about an axis combined with a translation parallel to that axis.
  16. An amphipod crustacean.
    the skeleton screw (Caprella)
    the sand screw


  1. To connect or assemble pieces using a screw.
  2. To have sexual intercourse with.
  3. To cheat someone or ruin their chances in a game or other situation. Sometimes used in the form "screw over".
  4. To apply pressure on; to put the screws on.
  5. To practice extortion upon; to oppress by unreasonable or extortionate exactions.
  6. To contort.
  7. To miskick (a ball) by hitting it with the wrong part of the foot.
  8. To screw back.
  9. To examine (a student) rigidly; to subject to a severe examination.

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