Screw (disambiguation)

Last updated August 09, 2025

A screw is an externally threaded fastener. "Screw" or "screws" may also refer to:

Engineering and mathematics

Devices with a helical thread:
- Screw (simple machine)
  - Screw thread, screw thread principles and standards
  - Archimedes' screw, a simple machine for transporting water to a higher elevation
- Leadscrew, a type of screw used to provide controlled and quantifiable movement in machine tools
Screw (motion), a description of spiral motion used in rigid body dynamics
Screw propeller
Screw, some specific pair of vectors (e.g., force+moment or linear+angular velocity); see Screw theory
Screw axis, the axis of rotation in 3D geometry

Homer Screws (born 1966), American soccer defender
Kattie B. Screws (born 1930), matriarch of the Jackson family of American singers
William W. Screws (1839–1913), American politician in Alabama

Screw (band), a Japanese rock band
"Screw" (song), a 2009 song by Japanese singer Kotoko
"Screws", a 2008 song by Psapp from The Camel's Back
A Screw , an EP by Swans
Chopped and screwed music, a technique of remixing hip hop music by slowing the tempo
"(Let's Dance) The Screw", a 1963 song by The Crystals