screw synonyms

screw

n.

spiral, worm, bolt, pin; see also fastener.

Types of screws include: jack, lead, leveling, dowel, double, drive, Hindley's, lag, worm, male, outside, female, inside, Phillips (trademark), right-handed, left-handed, metric, milled, endless, reciprocal, tapping, carriage, drill, regulating, set, winged, thumb, rigger's, right-and-left, setting up, society, spiral, triple, feed, wood, machine, dry wall, sheet metal.

have a screw loose*

be crazy, be touched in the head, be off one's rocker*, be off one's nut*; see insane 1.

put the screws to*

compel, coerce, give the treatment*; see force 1.

screw

v.

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