screw-on
[ skroo-on, -awn ]
/ ˈskruˌɒn, -ˌɔn /
adjective
attached, connected, or closed by screwing onto another part of a container or receptacle.
(of an earring) held on the earlobe by a small screwlike post with a disk at the tip.
Origin of screw-on
First recorded in 1925–30; adj. use of verb phrase
screw on
Words nearby screw-on
screw top,
screw up,
screw up one's courage,
screw you,
screw-off,
screw-on,
screw-top,
screwball,
screwdriver,
screwed,
screwhead
Definition for screw-on (2 of 2)
Origin of screw
1375–1425; late Middle English
scrwe, screw(e) (noun); compare Middle French
escro(ue) nut, Middle Dutch
schrûve, Middle High German
schrûbe screw
OTHER WORDS FROM screw
screw·a·ble, adjective screw·er, noun screw·less, adjective screw·like, adjectiveExample sentences from the Web for screw-on
The surest preventive against falling off is to have screw-on gauges.
Practical Bookbinding |Paul Adam
British Dictionary definitions for screw-on
screw
/ (skruː) /
noun
verb
See also
screw up
Derived forms of screw
screwer, noun screwlike, adjectiveWord Origin for screw
C15: from French
escroe, from Medieval Latin
scrōfa screw, from Latin: sow, presumably because the thread of the screw is like the spiral of the sow's tail
usage for screw
The use of this otherwise utilitarian word in a sexual sense, though recorded in an 18th century slang dictionary, does not appear to have really taken off until well into the 20th. Although a classic example of the anatomical metaphor for the sex act seen from the male point of view, it can be used as a transitive verb by women, which suggests that the metaphor is all but dead
Idioms and Phrases with screw-on
screw