thumbscrews

Meaning of thumbscrews

noun
  1. A screw that can be turned with the thumb and fingers.
  2. An instrument of torture used to crush the fingers.
  3. A weakness that can be taken advantage of.
    Law 33: Discover Each Man's Thumbscrew ― Robert Greene, The 48 Laws of Power

Information about thumbscrews

  • It is a name.
  • The singular form of thumbscrews is: thumbscrew.
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Hyphenation of thumbscrews

thumb-screws

  • It consists of 2 syllables and 11 chars.
  • thumbscrews is a word disyllabic because it has two syllables

thumbscrews synonyms

Meaning :

pilliwinks

Words that rhyme with thumbscrews

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