screwdriver

[skroo-drahy-ver]

noun

1. a hand tool for turning a screw, consisting of a handle attached to a long, narrow shank, usually of metal, which tapers and flattens out to a tip that fits into the slotted head of a screw.

2. a mixed drink made with vodka and orange juice.

screwdriver

/ ˈskruːˌdraɪvə /

noun

1. a tool used for turning screws, usually having a handle of wood, plastic, etc, and a steel shank with a flattened square-cut tip that fits into a slot in the head of the screw

2. an alcoholic beverage consisting of orange juice and vodka

Word History and Origins

Origin of screwdriver¹

First recorded in 1770–80; screw + driver

Example Sentences

Michael saw the gears turning in his head, trying to identify what kind of tools they were. “. . . a screwdriver and a wrench, maybe?”

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I observed a group of laborers with screwdrivers & other tools removing some of the plates on the hull of The Dessoug.

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Fifteen minutes later, he was able to work the tip of a screwdriver through the softened mortar.

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An asylum seeker has been found guilty of murdering a hotel worker, who he stabbed 23 times with a screwdriver at a railway station.

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An asylum seeker accused of murdering a hotel worker by stabbing her with a screwdriver at a railway station has told a court he had no interaction with the victim.

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