The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 5 letter word SCREW
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What does SCREW mean?
SCREW noun- A device that has a helical function.
- The motion of screwing something; a turn or twist to one side.
- A prison guard.
- An extortioner; a sharp bargainer; a skinflint.
- An instructor who examines with great or unnecessary severity; also, a searching or strict examination of a student by an instructor.
- Sexual intercourse; the act of screwing.
- A casual sexual partner.
- Salary, wages.
- Backspin.
- A small packet of tobacco.
- An old, worn-out, unsound and worthless horse.
- 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.
- An amphipod crustacean.
- (in the plural, with "the") Rheumatism.
- To connect or assemble pieces using a screw.
- To have sexual intercourse with.
- To cheat someone or ruin their chances in a game or other situation.
- To practice extortion upon; to oppress by unreasonable or extortionate exactions; to put the screws on.
- To contort.
- To miskick (a ball) by hitting it with the wrong part of the foot.
- To screw back.
- To examine (a student) rigidly; to subject to a severe examination.