[
  {
    "word": "screw",
    "phonetic": "/sk\u0279u\u02d0/",
    "phonetics": [
      {
        "text": "/sk\u0279u\u02d0/",
        "audio": "https://api.dictionaryapi.dev/media/pronunciations/en/screw-us.mp3",
        "sourceUrl": "https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=1157608",
        "license": {
          "name": "BY-SA 3.0",
          "url": "https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0"
        }
      }
    ],
    "meanings": [
      {
        "partOfSpeech": "noun",
        "definitions": [
          {
            "definition": "A device that has a helical function.",
            "synonyms": [],
            "antonyms": []
          },
          {
            "definition": "The motion of screwing something; a turn or twist to one side.",
            "synonyms": [],
            "antonyms": []
          },
          {
            "definition": "A prison guard.",
            "synonyms": [],
            "antonyms": []
          },
          {
            "definition": "An extortioner; a sharp bargainer; a skinflint.",
            "synonyms": [],
            "antonyms": []
          },
          {
            "definition": "An instructor who examines with great or unnecessary severity; also, a searching or strict examination of a student by an instructor.",
            "synonyms": [],
            "antonyms": []
          },
          {
            "definition": "Sexual intercourse; the act of screwing.",
            "synonyms": [],
            "antonyms": []
          },
          {
            "definition": "A casual sexual partner.",
            "synonyms": [],
            "antonyms": []
          },
          {
            "definition": "Salary, wages.",
            "synonyms": [],
            "antonyms": []
          },
          {
            "definition": "Backspin.",
            "synonyms": [],
            "antonyms": []
          },
          {
            "definition": "A small packet of tobacco.",
            "synonyms": [],
            "antonyms": []
          },
          {
            "definition": "An old, worn-out, unsound and worthless horse.",
            "synonyms": [],
            "antonyms": []
          },
          {
            "definition": "A straight line in space with which a definite linear magnitude termed the pitch is associated. It is used to express the displacement of a rigid body, which may always be made to consist of a rotation about an axis combined with a translation parallel to that axis.",
            "synonyms": [],
            "antonyms": []
          },
          {
            "definition": "An amphipod crustacean.",
            "synonyms": [],
            "antonyms": [],
            "example": "the skeleton screw (Caprella);\u2003 the sand screw"
          },
          {
            "definition": "(in the plural, with \"the\") Rheumatism.",
            "synonyms": [],
            "antonyms": []
          }
        ],
        "synonyms": [],
        "antonyms": []
      },
      {
        "partOfSpeech": "verb",
        "definitions": [
          {
            "definition": "To connect or assemble pieces using a screw.",
            "synonyms": [],
            "antonyms": []
          },
          {
            "definition": "To have sexual intercourse with.",
            "synonyms": [],
            "antonyms": []
          },
          {
            "definition": "To cheat someone or ruin their chances in a game or other situation.",
            "synonyms": [],
            "antonyms": []
          },
          {
            "definition": "To practice extortion upon; to oppress by unreasonable or extortionate exactions; to put the screws on.",
            "synonyms": [],
            "antonyms": []
          },
          {
            "definition": "To contort.",
            "synonyms": [],
            "antonyms": []
          },
          {
            "definition": "To miskick (a ball) by hitting it with the wrong part of the foot.",
            "synonyms": [],
            "antonyms": []
          },
          {
            "definition": "To screw back.",
            "synonyms": [],
            "antonyms": []
          },
          {
            "definition": "To examine (a student) rigidly; to subject to a severe examination.",
            "synonyms": [],
            "antonyms": []
          }
        ],
        "synonyms": [
          "fuck",
          "screw over",
          "screw up",
          "twist",
          "writhe",
          "fuck",
          "root",
          "shag",
          "extort"
        ],
        "antonyms": [
          "unscrew"
        ]
      }
    ],
    "license": {
      "name": "CC BY-SA 3.0",
      "url": "https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0"
    },
    "sourceUrls": [
      "https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/screw"
    ]
  }
]