meter — meaning in English
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English meaning
- screw noun A metal fastener with a spiral thread, driven in with a twisting motion to hold materials together.
Senses
meter is used for these senses in English:
- screw (ambitransitive, vulgar, slang) To have sexual intercourse with.
- shoehorn (transitive, figuratively) To force (something) into (a tight space); to squeeze (something) into (a schedule, etc); to exert great effort to insert or include (something); to include (something) despite potent reasons not to.
screw — full definition
- noun A metal fastener with a spiral thread, driven in with a twisting motion to hold materials together.
- noun A ship's propeller.
- verb To attach or fasten something using a screw, or by twisting it into place.
- verb (informal) To cheat, mistreat, or ruin things for someone.
- noun (slang) A prison guard.