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screw·driv·er    Audio Help   [skroo-drahy-ver] Pronunciation Key
–noun
1.a hand tool for turning a screw, consisting of a handle attached to a long, narrow shank, usually of metal, which tapers and flattens out to a tip that fits into the slotted head of a screw.
2.a mixed drink made with vodka and orange juice.
[Origin: 1770–80; screw + driver]
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screw·driv·er    Audio Help   (skrōō'drī'vər)  Pronunciation Key 
n.  
  1. A tool used for turning screws.
  2. A cocktail made with vodka and orange juice.

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screwdriver  (n.)
"tool for driving screws," 1779, from screw (n.) + driver. Meaning "cocktail made from vodka and orange juice" is recorded from 1956. (Screwed/screwy had a sense of "drunk" since 19c.).

Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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screwdriver

noun
1. a hand tool for driving screws; has a tip that fits into the head of a screw 
2. a cocktail made with vodka and orange juice 

WordNet® 3.0, © 2006 by Princeton University.

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