screwhead

[skroo-hed]

noun

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

Word History and Origins

Origin of screwhead¹

First recorded in 1680–90; screw + head

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.”

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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.

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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.

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

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

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