eccentric screw

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• screw — [skro͞o] n. [ME screwe < MFr escroue, hole in which the screw turns < L scrofa, sow, infl. by scrobis, vulva] 1. a) a mechanical device for fastening things together, consisting essentially of a cylindrical or conical piece of metal… …   English World dictionary

• screw|ball — «SKROO BL», noun, adjective. –n. 1. Slang. an eccentric person. 2. Baseball. a pitch thrown with a break or spin opposite to that of a curve. –adj. Slang. eccentric; erratic: »screwball arguments that don t make sense …   Useful english dictionary

• screw|loose — «SKROO LOOS», adjective, noun. –adj. very eccentric. –n. a screwloose person …   Useful english dictionary

• Eccentric (mechanism) — An eccentric in mechanical engineering is a circular disk ( eccentric sheave ) solidly fixed to a rotating axle with its centre offset from that of the axle (hence the word eccentric , out of the centre). It is most often employed in steam… …   Wikipedia

• screw — screwable, adj. screwer, n. screwless, adj. screwlike, adj. /skrooh/, n. 1. a metal fastener having a tapered shank with a helical thread, and topped with a slotted head, driven into wood or the like by rotating, esp. by means of a screwdriver. 2 …   Universalium

• screw — /skru / (say skrooh) noun 1. a metal device having a slotted head and a tapering body with a helical ridge usually driven into wood with the aid of a screwdriver to assemble and secure parts of a building construction, furniture, etc. 2. a… …  

• screw — noun 1》 a short, slender, sharp pointed metal pin with a raised helical thread running around it and a slotted head, used to join things together by being rotated in under pressure.     ↘a cylinder with a helical ridge or thread running round the …   English new terms dictionary

• eccentric — adj 1. unconventional, uncommon, unique, unusual, unorthodox, uncustomary, unwonted, rare, out of the ordinary; atypical, original, singular, exceptional, individual, lone, sole, solitary; unexampled, unparalleled, unprecedented, unfamiliar,… …   A Note on the Style of the synonym finder

• old screw — eccentric elderly person …   English contemporary dictionary

• have a screw loose — To be defective (esp mentally) • • • Main Entry: ↑screw * * * have a screw loose informal phrase to be slightly crazy Thesaurus: to be, or to become crazy or stupidsynonym Main entry …   Useful english dictionary

• have a screw loose — {v. phr,}, {slang} To act in a strange way; to be foolish. * /Now I know he has a screw loose he stole a police car this time./ * /He was a smart man but had a screw loose and people thought him odd./ …   Dictionary of American idioms