From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Screw \Screw\, verb (used with an object) [imp. & p. p. {Screwed}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Screwing}.]
1. To turn, as a screw; to apply a screw to; to press, fasten, or make firm, by means of a screw or screws; as, to screw a lock on a door; to screw a press.
2. To force; to squeeze; to press, as by screws.
But screw your courage to the sticking place, And we'll not fail. --Shak.
3. Hence: To practice extortion upon; to oppress by unreasonable or extortionate exactions.
Our country landlords, by unmeasurable screwing and racking their tenants, have already reduced the miserable people to a worse condition than the peasants in France. --swift.
4. To twist; to distort; as, to screw his visage.
He screwed his face into a hardened smile. --Dryden.
5. To examine rigidly, as a student; to subject to a severe examination. [Cant, American Colleges]
{To screw out}, to press out; to extort.
{To screw up}, (a) to force; to bring by violent pressure. --Howell. (b) to damage by unskillful effort; to bungle; to botch; to mess up. (c) [intrans] to fail by unskillful effort, usu. causing unpleasant consequences.
{To screw in}, to force in by turning or twisting.
{Screw around} (a) to act aimlessly or unproductively. (b) screw around with, to operate or make changes on (a machine or device) without expert knowledge; to fiddle with. (c) [Colloq.]commit adultery; to be sexually promiscuous.
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Screwing \Screw"ing\, a. & n. from {Screw}, verb (used with an object)
{Screwing machine}. See {Screw machine}, under {Screw}.
From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:
noun
1: slang terms for sexual intercourse [syn: {fuck}, {fucking}, {screw}, {ass}, {nooky}, {nookie}, {piece of ass}, {piece of tail}, {roll in the hay}, {shag}, {shtup}]
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