1. Slang for sexual intercourse
   "The characters in the novel were constantly screwing";
   - rumpy-pumpy [informal]

1. Fasten, tighten, or adjust by twisting
   "He screwed the lid onto the jar"
    
2. Cause to penetrate, as with a circular motion
   "drive in screws or bolts";
   - drive in
    
3. Tighten or fasten by means of screwing motions
   "Screw the bottle cap on"
    
4. [informal] Defeat someone through trickery or deceit
   "The con artist screwed the unsuspecting victim out of their savings";
   - cheat, chouse [archaic], shaft [informal], chicane, jockey
    
5. [vulgar, informal] Have sexual intercourse
   "they screwed in the back of the car";
   - sleep together, love, make love, sleep with, have sex, know [archaic], do it [informal], be intimate, have intercourse, lie with [archaic], bed [informal], get it on [informal]

Derived forms: screwings

See also: force

Type of: beat, beat out, carnal knowledge, coition, coitus, copulate, copulation, couple, crush, fasten, go around, go round, intercourse, mate, pair, relation, revolve, rotate, sex act, sexual congress, sexual intercourse, sexual relation, shell [US], tighten, trounce, vanquish

Antonym: unscrew

Encyclopedia: Screw, Nut, Bolt and Rivet Trade union