Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun 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.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun 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.
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun a cocktail made with vodka and orange juice
- noun a hand tool for driving screws; has a tip that fits into the head of a screw
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Examples
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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
Chapter XXV 2010
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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.
Rock the Desktop Kevin Sintumuang 2011
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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.
Steven Crandell: Feeling Powerless About Nuclear Weapons? Try "Zero" 2010
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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.
Steven Crandell: Feeling Powerless About Nuclear Weapons? Try "Zero" 2010
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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.
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He would slip a screw-driver into your eye and munch a sandwich at the same time, just for kicks.
‘Rama Rampage: No, they’re spiteful and they’re hateful. 2007
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A screw-driver, usually though of as a tool, could easily kill someone, therefore turning it into a weapon.
NRA T-Shirt vs. 2004
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A screw-driver, usually though of as a tool, could easily kill someone, therefore turning it into a weapon.
NRA T-Shirt vs. 2004
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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.
Twelve Stories and a Dream, by H. G. Wells Herbert George 2006
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Madame put down the screw-driver and drew herself erect.
Twilight in Italy 2003
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