Screw vs. Rivet

Screwnoun

A device that has a helical function.

Screwnoun

A simple machine, a helical inclined plane.

Screwnoun

A (usually) metal fastener consisting of a shank partially or completely threaded shank, sometimes with a threaded point, and a head used to both hold the top material and to drive the screw either directly into a soft material or into a prepared hole.

Screwnoun

(nautical) A ship's propeller.

Screwnoun

An Archimedes screw.

Screwnoun

A steam vessel propelled by a screw instead of wheels.

Screwnoun

The motion of screwing something; a turn or twist to one side.

Screwnoun

A prison guard.

Screwnoun

An extortioner; a sharp bargainer; a skinflint.

Screwnoun

An instructor who examines with great or unnecessary severity; also, a searching or strict examination of a student by an instructor.

Screwnoun

Sexual intercourse; the act of screwing.

Screwnoun

A casual sexual partner.

Screwnoun

(slang) Salary, wages.

Screwnoun

(billiards) Backspin.

Screwnoun

(slang) A small packet of tobacco.

Screwnoun

(dated) An old, worn-out, unsound and worthless horse.

Screwnoun

(math) A straight line in space with which a definite linear magnitude termed the pitch is associated. It is used to express the displacement of a rigid body, which may always be made to consist of a rotation about an axis combined with a translation parallel to that axis.

Screwnoun

An amphipod crustacean.

Screwverb

(transitive) To connect or assemble pieces using a screw.

Screwverb

To have sexual intercourse with.

Screwverb

To cheat someone or ruin their chances in a game or other situation.

Screwverb

(transitive) To practice extortion upon; to oppress by unreasonable or extortionate exactions; to put the screws on.

Screwverb

(transitive) To contort.

Screwverb

To miskick (a ball) by hitting it with the wrong part of the foot.

Screwverb

To screw back.

Screwverb

To examine (a student) rigidly; to subject to a severe examination.

Screwnoun

A cylinder, or a cylindrical perforation, having a continuous rib, called the thread, winding round it spirally at a constant inclination, so as to leave a continuous spiral groove between one turn and the next, - used chiefly for producing, when revolved, motion or pressure in the direction of its axis, by the sliding of the threads of the cylinder in the grooves between the threads of the perforation adapted to it, the former being distinguished as the external, or male screw, or, more usually the screw; the latter as the internal, or female screw, or, more usually, the nut.

Screwnoun

Specifically, a kind of nail with a spiral thread and a head with a nick to receive the end of the screw-driver. Screws are much used to hold together pieces of wood or to fasten something; - called also wood screws, and screw nails. See also Screw bolt, below.

Screwnoun

Anything shaped or acting like a screw; esp., a form of wheel for propelling steam vessels. It is placed at the stern, and furnished with blades having helicoidal surfaces to act against the water in the manner of a screw. See Screw propeller, below.

Screwnoun

A steam vesel propelled by a screw instead of wheels; a screw steamer; a propeller.

Screwnoun

An extortioner; a sharp bargainer; a skinflint; a niggard.

Screwnoun

An instructor who examines with great or unnecessary severity; also, a searching or strict examination of a student by an instructor.

Screwnoun

A small packet of tobacco.

Screwnoun

An unsound or worn-out horse, useful as a hack, and commonly of good appearance.

Screwnoun

A straight line in space with which a definite linear magnitude termed the pitch is associated (cf. 5th Pitch, 10 (b)). It is used to express the displacement of a rigid body, which may always be made to consist of a rotation about an axis combined with a translation parallel to that axis.

Screwnoun

An amphipod crustacean; as, the skeleton screw (Caprella). See Sand screw, under Sand.

Screwverb

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.

Screwverb

To force; to squeeze; to press, as by screws.

Screwverb

Hence: To practice extortion upon; to oppress by unreasonable or extortionate exactions.

Screwverb

To twist; to distort; as, to screw his visage.

Screwverb

To examine rigidly, as a student; to subject to a severe examination.

Screwverb

To use violent mans in making exactions; to be oppressive or exacting.

Screwverb

To turn one's self uneasily with a twisting motion; as, he screws about in his chair.

Screwnoun

someone who guards prisoners

Screwnoun

a simple machine of the inclined-plane type consisting of a spirally threaded cylindrical rod that engages with a similarly threaded hole

Screwnoun

a propeller with several angled blades that rotates to push against water or air

Screwnoun

a fastener with a tapered threaded shank and a slotted head

Screwnoun

slang terms for sexual intercourse

Screwverb

have sexual intercourse with;

Screwverb

turn like a screw

Screwverb

cause to penetrate, as with a circular motion;

Screwverb

tighten or fasten by means of screwing motions;

Screwverb

defeat someone in an expectation through trickery or deceit

Screw

A screw and a bolt (see Differentiation between bolt and screw below) are similar types of fastener typically made of metal and characterized by a helical ridge, called a male thread (external thread). Screws and bolts are used to fasten materials by the engagement of the screw thread with a similar female thread (internal thread) in the matching part.

Rivetnoun

A cylindrical mechanical fastener that attaches multiple parts together by fitting through a hole and deforming the head(s) at either end.

Rivetnoun

(figuratively) Any fixed point or certain basis.

Rivetnoun

(obsolete) A light kind of footman's armour (back-formation from almain-rivet).

Rivetverb

(transitive) To attach or fasten parts by using rivets.

Rivetverb

(transitive) To install rivets.

Rivetverb

To command the attention of.

Rivetverb

To make firm or immovable.

Rivetnoun

A metallic pin with a head, used for uniting two plates or pieces of material together, by passing it through them and then beating or pressing down the point so that it shall spread out and form a second head; a pin or bolt headed or clinched at both ends.

Rivetverb

To fasten with a rivet, or with rivets; as, to rivet two pieces of iron.

Rivetverb

To spread out the end or point of, as of a metallic pin, rod, or bolt, by beating or pressing, so as to form a sort of head.

Rivetverb

Hence, to fasten firmly; to make firm, strong, or immovable; as, to rivet friendship or affection.

Rivetnoun

ornament consisting of a circular rounded protuberance (as on a vault or shield or belt)

Rivetnoun

heavy pin having a head at one end and the other end being hammered flat after being passed through holes in the pieces that are fastened together

Rivetverb

direct one's attention on something;

Rivetverb

fasten with a rivet or rivets

Rivetverb

hold (someone's attention);

Rivetnoun

a short metal pin or bolt for holding together two plates of metal, its headless end being beaten out or pressed down when in place

Rivetnoun

a device similar to a rivet for holding seams of clothing together.

Rivetverb

join or fasten (plates of metal) with a rivet or rivets

Rivetverb

hold (someone or something) fast so as to make them incapable of movement

Rivetverb

attract and completely engross (someone)

Rivetverb

direct (one's eyes or attention) intently

Rivet

A rivet is a permanent mechanical fastener. Before being installed, a rivet consists of a smooth cylindrical shaft with a head on one end.