Meanings
nounscrewdriver (plural screwdrivers)
plural screwdrivers
- 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.
2018, Tayari Jones, An American Marriage, Oneworld Publications, page 154
Synonyms & antonyms
nounA 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.
Similar
Origin
- Proto-Indo-European*(s)krebʰ-der.?
- Latinscrōfa
- Old Frenchescroue
- Old Frenchescruveinflu.
- Middle Englishscrue
- Englishscrew
- Middle Englishdriven
- Middle Englishdrivere
- Englishdriver
- Englishscrewdriver
Translations
Arabic مِفَكّ الْبَرَاغِيّ
- مِفَكّ الْبَرَاغِيّ (mifakk al-barāḡiyy)tool
Basque bihurkin
- bihurkintool
Bengali স্ক্রু ড্রাইভার
- স্ক্রু ড্রাইভার (skru ḍraibhar)tool
Bulgarian отве́ртка
- отве́ртка (otvértka)tool
Catalan tornavís, desengramponador
- tornavístool
- desengramponadortool
Chinese Cantonese 螺絲批 /螺丝批
- 螺絲批 /螺丝批 (lo⁴ si¹ pai¹)tool
Chinese Mandarin 螺絲刀 /螺丝刀, 改錐 /改锥
- 螺絲刀 /螺丝刀 (luósīdāo)tool
- 改錐 /改锥 (gǎizhuī)tool
Czech šroubovák
- šroubováktool
Danish skruetrækker
- skruetrækkertool
Dutch schroevendraaier, screwdriver
- schroevendraaiertool
- screwdrivercocktail
Esperanto ŝraŭbturnilo, ŝraŭbilo
- ŝraŭbturnilotool
- ŝraŭbilotool
Estonian kruvikeeraja
- kruvikeerajatool
Finnish ruuvimeisseli, ruuvitaltta
- ruuvimeisselitool
- ruuvitalttatool
French tournevis
- tournevistool
German Schraubenzieher, Schraubendreher
- Schraubenziehertool
- Schraubendrehertool
- Schraubertool
- Screwdrivercocktail
- Wodka-Orangecocktail
Greek κατσαβίδι, βότκα πορτοκάλι
- κατσαβίδι (katsavídi)tool
- βότκα πορτοκάλι (vótka portokáli)cocktail
Hebrew מַבְרֵג
- מַבְרֵג (mavrég)tool
Hindi पेंचकस, पेचकस
- पेंचकस (pẽckas)tool
- पेचकस (peckas)tool
- पेचकश (peckaś)tool
- स्क्रूड्राइवर (skrūḍrāivar)tool
Hungarian csavarhúzó
- csavarhúzótool
Icelandic skrúfjárn
- skrúfjárntool
Indonesian obeng, drai
- obengtool
- draitool
- miras vodka jerukcocktail
- screwdrivercocktail
Irish scriúire
- scriúiretool
Italian cacciavite, giravite
- cacciavitetool
- giravitetool
Japanese ドライバー, 螺子回し
- ドライバー (doraibā)tool
- 螺子回し (nejimawashi)tool
- スクリュードライバー (sukuryūdoraibā)tool
- スクリュードライバー (sukuryūdoraibā)cocktail
Korean 나사돌리개, 스크루드라이버
- 나사돌리개 (nasadolligae)tool
- 스크루드라이버 (seukeurudeuraibeo)tool
- 드라이버 (deuraibeo)tool
Latvian skrūvgriezis, skrūve
- skrūvgriezistool
- skrūvecocktail
Lithuanian atsuktuvas
- atsuktuvastool
Malay pemutar skru
- pemutar skrutool
Māori huriwiri
- huriwiritool
Norwegian Bokmål skrujern, skrutrekker
- skrujerntool
- skrutrekkertool
- screwdrivercocktail
Persian پیچگوشتی
- پیچگوشتی (pič-gušti)tool
Polish śrubokręt, wkrętak
- śrubokręttool
- wkrętaktool
Portuguese chave de fenda, chave de parafusos
- chave de fendatool
- chave de parafusostool
- vodca com suco de laranjacocktail
Romanian șurubelniță
- șurubelnițătool
Russian отвёртка, отвёртка
- отвёртка (otvjórtka)tool
- отвёртка (otvjórtka)cocktail
Scottish Gaelic sgriubhaire
- sgriubhairetool
Slovak skrutkovač
- skrutkovačtool
Spanish destornillador, desarmador
- destornilladortool
- desarmadortool
- atornilladortool
- desatornilladortool
- entornilladortool
- desarmadorcocktail
- vodka con naranjacocktail
Swahili bisibisi
- bisibisitool
Swedish skruvmejsel, skruvdragare
- skruvmejseltool
- skruvdragaretool
- screwdrivercocktail
Tagalog destornilyador
- destornilyadortool
Tamil திருப்புளி
- திருப்புளி (tiruppuḷi)tool
Thai ไขควง
- ไขควง (kǎi-kuuang)tool
Turkish tornavida
- tornavidatool
Ukrainian ви́крутка, за́вертка
- ви́крутка (výkrutka)tool
- за́вертка (závertka)tool
Urdu پیچ کَش, سکریو ڈرایور
- پیچ کَش (pec-kaś)tool
- سکریو ڈرایور (skrū-ḍrāivar)tool
Vietnamese chìa vít, tuộc vít
- chìa víttool
- tuộc víttool
- tuốc-nơ-víttool
Welsh sgriwdreif
- sgriwdreiftool
Yiddish שרויפֿן־ציער
- שרויפֿן־ציער (shroyfn-tsyer)tool
Cite this entry
APA
screwdriver. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/screwdriver
MLA
“screwdriver.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/screwdriver. Accessed November 2, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “screwdriver,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/screwdriver.
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