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screwdriver

noun
/ˈskɹuˌdɹaɪvɚ/US

Etymology

Compound of screw + driver.

  1. inherited from drivere
  2. compounded as screwdriver — “screw + driver”

Definitions

  1. A hand tool or power tool which engages with the head of a screw and allows torque to be…

    A hand tool or power tool which engages with the head of a screw and allows torque to be applied to turn the screw, thus driving it in or loosening it.

  2. A cocktail made of vodka and orange juice.

    • Celestial asked for a screwdriver and the bartender poured a good four fingers of Smirnoff into a flimsy cup before opening a can of juice.

The neighborhood

Vish — recursive loop

A definitional loop anchored at screwdriver. Each word in the ring is defined by the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself. Scroll to it and watch.

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A definitional loop anchored at screwdriver. Each word in the ring appears in the definition of the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself.

5 hops · closes at screwdriver

curated · pre-corpus. live cycle detection across the full graph is the next major milestone.

sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA