English - Turkish
Definition of thumbscrew in English Turkish dictionary
- kanatlı vida
- parmakla döndürülen vida
- {i} kelebek vida
- {i} başparmağı sıkmaya yarayan işkence aleti
- kelebek başlı cıvata
- bu aletle işkence yapmak
- başparmak vida
- baş parmağı sıkan eski bir işkence aleti
- kelebek somun
- papyon vidası
English - English
Definition of thumbscrew in English English dictionary
- An instrument of torture used to crush the fingers
- A screw that can be turned with the thumb and fingers
- A screw having a flat-sided or knurled head, so that it may be turned by the thumb and forefinger
- screw designed to be turned with the thumb and fingers instrument of torture that crushes the thumb
- {i} screw which may be screwed in with fingers; torture device
- A thumbscrew is an object that was used in the past to torture people by crushing their thumbs
- screw designed to be turned with the thumb and fingers
- An old instrument of torture for compressing the thumb by a screw; a thumbkin
- instrument of torture that crushes the thumb
- If someone puts the thumbscrews on you, they start to put you under extreme pressure in order to force you to do something. an object that was used in the past to punish people by crushing their thumbs
- thumbscrews
- plural of thumbscrew