n. 1 bolt, screw-bolt, machine screw, lag-bolt, lag-screw This screw is too small to hold that door hinge 2 helix, spiral, corkscrew The screw of a spiral staircase should not be too small for safety 3 sexual intercourse; sexual partner, Slang lay, Taboo slang fuck When arrested for kerb-crawling, he said that he was just looking for a screw 4 put the screws on (someone). pressure, influence, force, constrain, press, oblige, require, demand, coerce, compel, apply pressure, bring pressure to bear (on); insist; Chiefly Brit pressurize, Colloq twist (someone's) arm, put the squeeze on (someone) I believe that someone put the screws on him to leave town
v. 5 twist, turn, rotate Screw the bolt in clockwise 6 Often, screw out of. defraud, cheat, swindle, gull, bilk, do out of, Slang take, clip, fleece They screwed him by convincing him that the bonds were real He was screwed out of all his savings. 7 screw up. a raise, increase, stretch, strain; summon, call up, call upon, tap, draw on or upon I screwed up my courage to ask for a salary increase b ruin, destroy, make a mess of, botch, bungle, muddle, mismanage, mishandle, Colloq make a hash of, Slang louse up, Brit make a muck-up of, US bollix up, Taboo slang fuck up, Brit bugger up, ballocks or bollocks up, make a balls-up of It is hard to see how they could have screwed up such a simple operation c contort, twist, deform, warp At the suggestion of cauliflower, Ambrose screwed up his face in displeasure