screw
English
/skɹuː/
noun
Definitions
- A device that has a helical function.
- The motion of screwing something; a turn or twist to one side.
- (slang) A prison guard.
- (slang) An extortioner; a sharp bargainer; a skinflint.
- (US) An instructor who examines with great or unnecessary severity; also, a searching or strict examination of a student by an instructor.
- (vulgar) sexual Sexual intercourse; the act of screwing.
- (vulgar) A casual sexual partner.
- (slang) Salary, wages.
- (billiards) Backspin.
- (slang) A small packet of tobacco.
- (dated) An old, worn-out, unsound and worthless horse.
- (math) 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.
- An amphipod crustacean.
- (informal) Rheumatism.
Etymology
Inherited from Middle English screw derived from Old French escroue (cylindrical socket, nut, screwhole) derived from Latin scrōfa (sow, female pig) derived from Old Dutch *scrūva derived from Latin scrōfa (sow, female pig) derived from Proto-Germanic *skrūbō (screw) derived from Proto-Indo-European *(s)keru-.
Origin
Proto-Indo-European
*(s)keru-
Gloss
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- air English
- airscrew English
- back English
- ball English
- bean English
- bottle English
- bottlescrew English
- cap English
- capped English
- cork English
- corkscrew English
- corkscrewlike English
- corkscrewy English
- driver English
- driving English
- face English
- gate English
- head English
- jack English
- jackscrew English
- job English
- lead English
- leadscrew English
- man English
- microscrew English
- mind English
- mindscrew English
- miniscrew English
- pine English
- plate English
- press English
- rescrew English
- screw pine English
- screwability English
- screwable English
- screwback English
- screwball English
- screwballer English
- screwbean English
- screwcap English
- screwcapped English
- screwdriver English
- screwdriving English
- screwed English
- screwedness English
- screwee English
- screwer English
- screwface English
- screwgate English
- screwhead English
- screwiness English
- screwjack English
- screwjob English
- screwless English
- screwlike English
- screwman English
- screwplate English
- screwpress English
- screwtape English
- screwtop English
- screwworm English
- screwy English
- seven-level screwdriver English
- tape English
- thumb English
- thumbscrew English
- top English
- turn English
- turnscrew English
- unscrew English
- unscrewable English
- unscrewer English
- worm English
- ruuvi Finnish
- skruuvi Finnish
- porca Latin
- scrofinus Latin
- scrōfa Latin
- Goldschraube German
- Heckschraube German
- Holzschraube German
- Hubschrauber German
- Innensechskantschraube German
- Kreuzschlitzschraube German
- Kunststoffschraube German
- Kupferschraube German
- Madenschraube German
- Metallschraube German
- Schraube German
- Schraubendreher German
- Schraubenmutter German
- Schraubenzieher German
- Schraubverschluss German
- Silberschraube German
- Stahlschraube German
- Wurmschraube German
- sróf Hungarian
- scrofa Italian
- bankschroef Dutch, Flemish
- kurkentrekker Dutch, Flemish
- luchtschroef Dutch, Flemish
- scheepsschroef Dutch, Flemish
- schroef Dutch, Flemish
- schroefgang Dutch, Flemish
- schroeflijn Dutch, Flemish
- spaanplaatschroef Dutch, Flemish
- винт Russian
- шуруп Russian
- puerca Spanish, Castilian
- *(s)keru- Proto-Indo-European
- porca Portuguese
- *skrūbō Proto-Germanic
- skruv Swedish
- skruva Swedish
- skruvdragare Swedish
- skruvmejsel Swedish
- lo͘-lài-bà Japanese
- コルクスクリュー Japanese
- スクリュードライバー Japanese
- śruba Polish
- śrubka Polish
- śrubokręt Polish
- screw Middle English
- aerscriú Irish
- banscriú Irish
- corcscriú Irish
- scriú Irish
- scriúire Irish
- skrue Danish
- skruenøgle Danish
- skruetrækker Danish
- escroue Old French
- ŝraŭbo Esperanto
- scroafă Romanian, Moldavian, Moldovan
- șurub Romanian, Moldavian, Moldovan
- สกรู Thai
- mur Indonesian
- sekrup Indonesian
- skrubo Ido
- skroef Afrikaans
- schrūbe Middle High German
- escroue Middle French
- *scrūva Old Dutch
- porca Old Portuguese
- 螺賴把 Chinese
- scrove Friulian
- skru Tok Pisin
- job
- cap
- top
- air
- man
- worm
- cork
- pine
- gate
- lead
- tape
- ball
- head
- face
- turn
- jack
- back
- mind
- bean
- plate
- press
- thumb
- driver
- capped
- bottle
- screwy
- screwer
- driving
- screwee
- unscrew
- rescrew
- screwed
- airscrew
- screwman
- screwtop
- screwjob
- screwcap
- screwball
- screwjack
- screwgate
- screwworm
- miniscrew
- screwlike
- screwable
- screwless
- screwtape
- leadscrew
- screwhead
- turnscrew
- mindscrew
- screwback
- corkscrew
- screwface
- unscrewer
- jackscrew
- screwbean
- screw pine
- screwpress
- microscrew
- screwplate
- corkscrewy
- thumbscrew
- screwiness
- screwballer
- screwedness
- bottlescrew
- screwdriver
- screwcapped
- unscrewable
- screwdriving
- screwability
- corkscrewlike
- seven-level screwdriver