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Word: Screw
Speech Type: Verb
late Middle English (as a noun): from Old French escroue ‘female screw, nut’, from Latin scrofa, literally ‘sow’, later ‘screw’. The early sense of the verb was ‘contort (the features), twist around’ (late 16th century)
skruː
fasten or tighten with a screw or screws
Short Definition:fasten or tighten with screw or screws
Examples:- screw the hinge to your new door
cheat or swindle (someone), especially by charging them too much for something
Short Definition:cheat someone
Examples:- the loss of advertising contracts will amount to more than the few quid that they're trying to screw us for
have sex with.
Short Definition:have sex with
impart spin or curl to (a ball or shot)
Short Definition:impart spin or curl to
Examples:- Collins had a late chance to equalize but screwed his shot wide
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