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screwhead

[ skroo-hed ]

noun

  1. the head heads or top of a screw having a slot for the end of a screwdriver.


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Word History and Origins

Origin of screwhead1

First recorded in 1680–90; screw + head
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Example Sentences

“He’s trying to ban us from the tournament because it’s too much fun. He’s out of touch. He’s just another screwhead too big for his britches.”

I was there when he used a paper clip to clean a little bit of dried something out of a screwhead on the mixer’s paddle.

But one strand of nylon, a tiny strand from the jib sheet, was hooked on the top of the hatch in a screwhead and he would have to go up on the cabin to unhook it.

That one small thing, that tiny thread hooked on a screwhead, saved his life.

Unrepentant, Murray explained: "Just another screwhead who's too big for his britches."

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