Definition of screw

"screw" in the noun sense

1. prison guard, jailer, jailor, gaoler, screw, turnkey

someone who guards prisoners

2. screw

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

3. screw, screw propeller

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

4. screw

a fastener with a tapered threaded shank and a slotted head

5. fuck, fucking, screw, screwing, ass, nooky, nookie, piece of ass, piece of tail, roll in the hay, shag, shtup

slang for sexual intercourse

"screw" in the verb sense

1. 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

have sexual intercourse with

"This student sleeps with everyone in her dorm"

"Adam knew Eve"

"Were you ever intimate with this man?"

2. screw

turn like a screw

3. screw, drive in

cause to penetrate, as with a circular motion

"drive in screws or bolts"

4. screw

tighten or fasten by means of screwing motions

"Screw the bottle cap on"

5. cheat, chouse, shaft, screw, chicane, jockey

defeat someone through trickery or deceit

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Quotations for screw

Screw your courage to the sticking-place,
And we'll not fail. [ William Shakespeare, Macbeth ]

But screw your courage to the sticking place,
And we'll not fail. [ William Shakespeare ]

Screw not the chord too sharply lest it snap. [ Proverb ]

Some men have a Sunday soul, which they screw on in due time, and take off again every Monday morning. [ Kobert Hall ]

An era is fast approaching when no writer will be rend by the majority, save and except those than can effect that for bales of manuscript that the hydrostatic screw performs for bales of cotton, by condensing that matter into a period that before occupied a page. [ Cottar ]

screw in Scrabble®

The word screw is playable in Scrabble®, no blanks required.

Scrabble® Letter Score: 10

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screw in Words With Friends™

The word screw is playable in Words With Friends™, no blanks required.

Words With Friends™ Letter Score: 11

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Words within the letters of screw

2 letter words in screw (2 words)

3 letter words in screw (1 word)

4 letter words in screw (1 word)

5 letter words in screw (Anagrams) (2 words)

screw + 1 blank (5 words)

Word Growth involving screw

Shorter words in screw

re crew

Longer words containing screw

airscrew airscrews

bedscrew bedscrews

corkscrew corkscrewed

corkscrew corkscrewing

corkscrew corkscrewlike

corkscrew corkscrews corkscrewshaped

earscrew earscrews

jackscrew jackscrews

leadscrew leadscrews

screwball screwballs

screwdriver screwdrivers

screwed corkscrewed

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screwer screwers

screwier

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screwiness

screwing corkscrewing

screwing unscrewing

screwless

screwlike corkscrewlike

screwnail

screwplate screwplates

screws airscrews

screws bedscrews

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screws earscrews

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screws leadscrews

screws screwshaped corkscrewshaped

screws screwstock screwstocks

screws setscrews

screws thumbscrews

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screws woodscrews

screwtop screwtops

screwup screwups

screwy

setscrew setscrews

thumbscrew thumbscrews

unscrew unscrewed

unscrew unscrewing

unscrew unscrews

woodscrew woodscrews