Definitions
Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
- n. A tool, in form like a blunt chisel, which fits into the nick in the head of a screw, and is used to turn the screw, in order to cause it to enter its place or to withdraw it.
GNU Webster's 1913
- n. A tool for turning screws so as to drive them into their place. It has a thin end which enters the nick in the head of the screw.
WordNet 3.0
- n. a cocktail made with vodka and orange juice
- n. a hand tool for driving screws; has a tip that fits into the head of a screw
Examples
“He waited three months before daring the extravagance of a Yankee screw-driver, and his glee in the marvelous little mechanism was so keen that”
“You'll have to deal with old-school speaker wire and installing the orbs into the Booster with a tiny screw-driver, but the set-up time is worth it for having what is essentially a full-fledged hi-fi on your desktop.”
“Oppenheimer also said, in testimony before a Senate committee, that the way to protect New York City from a nuclear attack is with a screw-driver -- to open up every single container that enters the city.”
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“If I work and earn $10 and go out and buy a screwdriver with it, that screw-driver is worth at least $10 to me and probably more.”
“He would slip a screw-driver into your eye and munch a sandwich at the same time, just for kicks.”
“I am a handy, interfering sort of man with a screw-driver, and I made all sorts of ingenious adaptations for him — ran a wire to bring his bells within reach, turned all his electric lights up instead of down, and so on.”
“A screw-driver, usually though of as a tool, could easily kill someone, therefore turning it into a weapon.”
“Madame put down the screw-driver and drew herself erect.”
“But since I was there, he did it himself; a grey, shaky, highly-bred little gentleman, standing on a chair with a long screw-driver, whilst his wife stood behind him, her hands half-raised to catch him if he should fall.”
“Well, the funeral sermon was very good, but pison long and tiresome; and then the king he shoved in and got off some of his usual rubbage, and at last the job was through, and the undertaker begun to sneak up on the coffin with his screw-driver.”
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