screwdriver

Meanings

1. 1
   noun

   a hand or power tool shaped to engage a screw head so that the screw can be tightened or loosened

   She used a screwdriver to remove the lid from the wooden case.

2. 2
   noun

   a cocktail made from vodka and orange juice

   He ordered a screwdriver with extra orange juice at the hotel bar.

A compound of screw + driver, naming a tool that drives or removes screws. The cocktail sense dates from the twentieth century and is traditionally explained by workers stirring vodka and orange juice with a screwdriver, though that story may be anecdotal.

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