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Screwing

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Noun

WordNet Lexical Database for English. Princeton University. 2010.


Screwing

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noun
1. 
a device used for fastening materials together, consisting of a threaded and usually tapered shank that has a slotted head by which it may be rotated so as to cut its own thread as it bores through the material
2. Also called: screw-bolt
a threaded cylindrical rod that engages with a similarly threaded cylindrical hole; bolt
3. 
a thread in a cylindrical hole corresponding with that on the bolt or screw with which it is designed to engage
4. 
anything resembling a screw in shape or spiral form
5. 
a twisting movement of or resembling that of a screw
6. Also called: screw-back billiards, snooker
a. 
a stroke in which the cue ball recoils or moves backward after striking the object ball, made by striking the cue ball below its centre
b. 
the motion resulting from this stroke
7.  another name for propeller (sense 1)
8. slang
a prison guard
9. British slang
salary, wages, or earnings
10. British
a small amount of salt, tobacco, etc, in a twist of paper
11. slang
a person who is mean with money
12. slang
an old, unsound, or worthless horse
13. (often plural) slang
force or compulsion (esp in the phrase put the screws on)
14. vulgar, slang
an act of sexual intercourse
15.  have a screw loose
16.  turn the screw
verb
17. (transitive)
to rotate (a screw or bolt) so as to drive it into or draw it out of a material
18. (transitive)
to cut a screw thread in (a rod or hole) with a tap or die or on a lathe
19. 
to turn or cause to turn in the manner of a screw
20. (transitive)
to attach or fasten with a screw or screws
21. (transitive) informal
to take advantage of; cheat
22. (transitive; often foll by up)
to distort or contort
he screwed his face into a scowl
23. Also: screw back
to impart a screw to (a ball)
24. (tr, often foll by from or out of)
to coerce or force out of; extort
25. vulgar, slang
to have sexual intercourse (with)
26. (transitive) slang
to burgle
27.  have one's head screwed on

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Screwing

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noun
1. 
a. 
a mechanical device for fastening things together, consisting essentially of a cylindrical or conical piece of metal threaded evenly around its outside surface with an advancing spiral ridge and commonly having a slotted head: it penetrates only by being turned, as with a screwdriver
: also called male screw
b. 
the internal thread, or helical groove, as of a nut, into which a male screw, bolt, etc. can be turned
: also called female screw
c. 
the act or an instance of turning such a screw
2. 
any of various devices operating or threaded like a screw, as a jackscrew or screw propeller
3. 
a. 
anything that spirals or twists like the thread of a screw
b. 
the act of spiraling, twisting, or moving like this
4.  Slang
a prison guard
5.  Chiefly British
a small amount of tobacco, salt, etc. in a twist of paper
6.  Chiefly British, Slang
a. 
a stingy person; miser
b. 
a crafty bargainer
c. 
a worn-out horse
7.  British, Slang
a salary
8.  Slang, Vulgar
a. 
an act or instance of sexual intercourse
b. 
a person with whom one engages in sexual intercourse, often, specif., one of specified competence
verb transitive
9. 
to twist; turn; tighten
10. 
a. 
to fasten, make secure, tighten, insert, etc. with or as with a screw or screws
b. 
to put together or take apart with a screwlike motion
11. 
to twist out of natural shape; contort
to screw one's face up
12. 
to make stronger; intensify
often with up
13. 
to force or compel, as if by using screws
14.  Slang
a. 
to cheat; swindle
b. 
to treat unfairly
15.  Slang, Vulgar
to have sexual intercourse with
verb intransitive
16. 
to go together or come apart by being turned or twisted in the manner of a screw
a lid that screws on
17. 
to twist; turn; wind; have a motion like that of a screw
18.  Slang, Vulgar
to engage in sexual intercourse

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Screwing

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n.
1.
a. A cylindrical rod incised with one or more helical or advancing spiral threads, as a lead screw or worm screw.
b. The tapped collar or socket that receives this rod.
2. A metal pin with incised threads and a broad slotted head that can be driven as a fastener by turning with a screwdriver, especially:
a. A tapered and pointed wood screw.
b. A cylindrical and flat-tipped machine screw.
3. A device having a helical form, such as a corkscrew.
4. A propeller.
5. A twist or turn, as of a screw.
6. Slang
a. A prison guard.
b. The turnkey of a jail.
7. Vulgar Slang The act or an instance of having sexual intercourse.
8. Chiefly British Slang
a. Salary; wages.
b. A small paper packet, as of tobacco.
c. An old broken-down horse.
d. A stingy or crafty bargainer.
v. screwed, screw·ing, screws
v. tr.
1. To drive or tighten (a screw).
2.
a. To fasten, tighten, or attach by means of a screw or similar fastener.
b. To attach (a tapped or threaded fitting or cap) by twisting into place.
c. To rotate (a part) on a threaded axis.
3. To contort (one's face).
4. Slang
To treat (someone) unfairly; exploit or cheat: screwed me out of the most lucrative sales territory.
5. Vulgar Slang To have sexual intercourse with.
v. intr.
1. To turn or twist.
2.
a. To become attached by means of the threads of a screw.
b. To be capable of such attachment.
3. Vulgar Slang To have sexual intercourse.

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