rockfish vs screw

rockfish

noun
  • A fish in the family Sebastidae, marine fishes that inhabit oceans around the world 

  • Acanthoclinus, a genus of fish from New Zealand 

  • A striped bass (Morone saxatilis), a species of fish from North America 

  • Certain groupers, in the subfamily Epinephelinae 

  • Salvelinus, a genus of fish in the salmon family 

  • A stonefishes (genus Synanceia), venomous fishes from the Indo-Pacific 

  • Certain fish of genus Scorpaena, such as Madeira rockfish (Scorpaena maderensis), a common Mediterranean species 

  • Myliobatis goodei (southern eagle ray) 

  • A logperch (Percina caprodes), also known as common logperch or log perch 

  • Hypoplectrodes, a genus of fish in the family Serranidae 

  • Sebastes, mainly of the North Pacific 

  • A long-spined bullhead (Taurulus bubalis) 

  • Hexagrammos, a genus of greenling from the North Pacific 

  • Scyliorhinus stellaris (nursehound), a shark known as rock salmon when used in cuisine 

  • A black person who does not know how to swim. 

screw

noun
  • An amphipod crustacean. 

  • Salary, wages. 

  • An extortioner; a sharp bargainer; a skinflint. 

  • A casual sexual partner. 

  • A prison guard. 

  • A simple machine, a helical inclined plane. 

  • Backspin. 

  • 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. 

  • A small packet of tobacco. 

  • A ship's propeller. 

  • An Archimedes screw. 

  • The motion of screwing something; a turn or twist to one side. 

  • Rheumatism. 

  • A (usually) metal fastener consisting of a partially or completely threaded shank, sometimes with a threaded point, and a head used to both hold the top material and to drive the screw either directly into a soft material or into a prepared hole. 

  • A steam vessel propelled by a screw instead of wheels. 

  • Sexual intercourse; the act of screwing. 

verb
  • To contort. 

  • To extort or practice extortion upon; to oppress by unreasonable or extortionate exactions; to put the screws on. 

  • To have sexual intercourse with. 

  • To screw back. 

  • To connect or assemble pieces using a screw. 

  • To cheat someone or ruin their chances in a game or other situation. 

  • To miskick (a ball) by hitting it with the wrong part of the foot. 

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