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Word entry · 5 letters

screw

Best crossword clue

"Threaded fastener"

5 letters · collected on this word page

5 lettersPronunciation /skɹuː/Part of speech noun, verbSorted cerswStarts with SEnds with W1 cluesVery common crossword word
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Definitions

  1. slang for sexual intercourse

Used in a sentence

  • It is never possible to settle down to the ordinary routine of life at sea until the screw begins to revolve. There is an hour or two, after the passengers have embarked, which is disquieting and fussy.
  • The screws moved her out of my cell because they could not stand the idea of a black and white white being together.
  • They both wedged up in his cell and refused to come out. They were hurling abuse at the screws on the other side of the door. As a result they were both shipped out to another jail the following day.

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