[skroo-awf, -of] 
| a loafer; idler. |
[skroo] | 1. | a metal fastener having a tapered shank with a helical thread, and topped with a slotted head, driven into wood or the like by rotating, esp. by means of a screwdriver. |
| 2. | a threaded cylindrical pin or rod with a head at one end, engaging a threaded hole and used either as a fastener or as a simple machine for applying power, as in a clamp, jack, etc. Compare bolt 1 (def. 3). |
| 3. | British. a tapped or threaded hole. |
| 4. | something having a spiral form. |
| 5. | screw propeller. |
| 6. | Usually, screws. physical or mental coercion: The terrified debtor soon felt the gangster's screws. |
| 7. | a single turn of a screw. |
| 8. | a twist, turn, or twisting movement. |
| 9. | Chiefly British.
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| 10. | British Informal. salary; wages. |
| 11. | Slang. a prison guard. |
| 12. | Slang: Vulgar.
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| 13. | to fasten, tighten, force, press, stretch tight, etc., by or as if by means of a screw or device operated by a screw or helical threads. |
| 14. | to operate or adjust by a screw, as a press. |
| 15. | to attach with a screw or screws: to screw a bracket to a wall. |
| 16. | to insert, fasten, undo, or work (a screw, bolt, nut, bottle top with a helical thread, etc.) by turning. |
| 17. | to contort as by twisting; distort: Father screwed his face into a grimace of disgust. |
| 18. | to cause to become sufficiently strong or intense (usually fol. by up): I screwed up my courage to ask for a raise. |
| 19. | to coerce or threaten. |
| 20. | to extract or extort. |
| 21. | to force (a seller) to lower a price (often fol. by down). |
| 22. | Slang. to cheat or take advantage of (someone). |
| 23. | Slang: Vulgar. to have coitus with. |
| 24. | to turn as or like a screw. |
| 25. | to be adapted for being connected, taken apart, opened, or closed by means of a screw or screws or parts with helical threads (usually fol. by on, together, or off): This top screws on easily. |
| 26. | to turn or move with a twisting or rotating motion. |
| 27. | to practice extortion. |
| 28. | Slang: Vulgar. to have coitus. |
| 29. | screw around, Slang.
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| 30. | screw off, Slang.
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| 31. | screw up, Slang.
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| 32. | have a screw loose, Slang. to be eccentric or neurotic; have crazy ideas: You must have a screw loose to keep so many cats. |
| 33. | put the screws on, to compel by exerting pressure on; use coercion on; force: They kept putting the screws on him for more money. |