Illustration of thumbscrew
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thumbscrew
1 ENTRIES FOUND:
plural thumbscrews
plural thumbscrews
Learner's definition of THUMBSCREW
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1
: a device used in the past to torture people by crushing their thumbs拇指夹（旧时刑具） — sometimes used figuratively有时用作比喻
- The government is tightening/putting the thumbscrews on dissenters. [=the government is putting a lot of pressure on dissenters to stop; the government is treating dissenters very harshly]政府严酷镇压持异议者。
2
: a type of screw with a flat-sided head that can be held and turned with your thumb and fingers翼形螺钉
Example Sentences
Recent Examples on the Web Lock the cable in place by tightening the retaining thumbscrew. 
Joseph Truini, Popular Mechanics, 10 Aug. 2021 Lock the cable in place by tightening the retaining thumbscrew. Joseph Truini, Popular Mechanics, 10 Aug. 2021 Lock the cable in place by tightening the retaining thumbscrew. Joseph Truini, Popular Mechanics, 10 Aug. 2021 Lock the cable in place by tightening the retaining thumbscrew. Joseph Truini, Popular Mechanics, 10 Aug. 2021 Lock the cable in place by tightening the retaining thumbscrew. Joseph Truini, Popular Mechanics, 10 Aug. 2021 Lock the cable in place by tightening the retaining thumbscrew. Joseph Truini, Popular Mechanics, 10 Aug. 2021 Lock the cable in place by tightening the retaining thumbscrew. Joseph Truini, Popular Mechanics, 10 Aug. 2021 So was the Labour Party’s use of thumbscrews on its wavering MPs. The Economist, 19 Oct. 2019 See More
Joseph Truini, Popular Mechanics, 10 Aug. 2021 Lock the cable in place by tightening the retaining thumbscrew. Joseph Truini, Popular Mechanics, 10 Aug. 2021 Lock the cable in place by tightening the retaining thumbscrew. Joseph Truini, Popular Mechanics, 10 Aug. 2021 Lock the cable in place by tightening the retaining thumbscrew. Joseph Truini, Popular Mechanics, 10 Aug. 2021 Lock the cable in place by tightening the retaining thumbscrew. Joseph Truini, Popular Mechanics, 10 Aug. 2021 Lock the cable in place by tightening the retaining thumbscrew. Joseph Truini, Popular Mechanics, 10 Aug. 2021 Lock the cable in place by tightening the retaining thumbscrew. Joseph Truini, Popular Mechanics, 10 Aug. 2021 So was the Labour Party’s use of thumbscrews on its wavering MPs. The Economist, 19 Oct. 2019 See More Word History
First Known Use
1788, in the meaning defined at sense 1
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