screw

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1. bolt, pin, fastener, screw-bolt, clamp; round-head screw, flat-head screw, oval-head screw, Phillip's-head screw, fillister-head screw, metal screw, lag screw.

2. twist, turn, twirl, gyre, whorl; curl, curlicue, spiral, helix; corkscrew, scroll, whirl, volute.

3. screws

coercion, pressure, force, compulsion; insistence, duress, obligation, enforcement, necessita-tion, constraint.

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4. fasten, clamp, batten, rivet; tighten, force.

5. insert, work in, turn, twist, rotate, crank, wamble; snake, wind, corkscrew.

6. distort, knot, deform, gnarl; contort, warp, twist, twist and turn, twirl, turn awry; twine, entwine, twill, serpentine, worm; writhe, convolve, misshape, wrench, wring, wrest; buckle, crumple, crook; grimace, pull or make a face, screw up one's face.

7. coerce, compel, impel, force, drive, put the screws on or to; threaten, bring pressure to bear, press, hold a gun to [s.o.'s] head or a knife to [s.o.'s] throat, twist [s.o.'s] arm; constrain, bully, impress, dragoon, oblige, obligate, necessitate.

8. extort, exact, levy, blackmail; extract, take, Sl. shake down, Sl. badger; squeeze, wrest, wring, wrench, St. bleed.

9.Slang. cheat, defraud, take advantage of, victimize; con, gull, swindle, humbug, gyp, Inf. rip off, bilk, Inf. flam; Inf. stick, fleece, Sl. do in, do out of, cozen, bunco, Sl. clip, Sl. take, Sl. take for all one's worth.