screw-on
Americanadjective
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attached, connected, or closed by screwing onto another part of a container or receptacle.
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(of an earring) held on the earlobe by a small screwlike post with a disk at the tip.
Etymology
Origin of screw-on
First recorded in 1925–30; adj. use of verb phrase screw on
Example Sentences
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Any hesitations among the current generation of central bankers about turning the screw on borrowing rates may be compounded by a newly pressing factor: the huge debt pile created by pandemic-era emergency stimulus programmes.
From Reuters • Jan. 25, 2022
To attach the metal type of raceway to a wall, first screw on special brackets, then press the channel into those.
From Seattle Times • Aug. 23, 2021
To attach the metal type to a wall, first screw on special brackets, then press the channel into those, which isn’t much more work.
From Washington Post • Aug. 8, 2021
Finn Russell levelled it on the 10-minute mark as Scotland slowly but surely turned the screw on the injury-hit visitors.
From BBC • Feb. 13, 2021
Elizabeth flushed, fingering the screw on the binoculars.
From "Carry On, Mr. Bowditch" by Jean Lee Latham
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