wrench.html - See: THROW A MONKEY WRENCH.

wrench.html - n. & v.
--n.

1 a violent twist or oblique pull or act of tearing off.
2 an adjustable tool like a spanner for gripping and turning nuts etc.
3 an instance of painful uprooting or parting (leaving home was a great wrench).
4 Physics a combination of a couple with the force along its axis.

--v.

tr.
1 twist or pull violently round or sideways.
2 (often foll. by off, away, etc.) pull off with a wrench.
3 distort (facts) to suit a theory etc. [(earlier as verb:) OE wrencan twist]

wrench.html - See: THROW A MONKEY WRENCH.

wrench.html - n. & v.
--n.

1 a violent twist or oblique pull or act of tearing off.
2 an adjustable tool like a spanner for gripping and turning nuts etc.
3 an instance of painful uprooting or parting (leaving home was a great wrench).
4 Physics a combination of a couple with the force along its axis.

--v.

tr.
1 twist or pull violently round or sideways.
2 (often foll. by off, away, etc.) pull off with a wrench.
3 distort (facts) to suit a theory etc. [(earlier as verb:) OE wrencan twist]

wrench.html - See: THROW A MONKEY WRENCH.

wrench.html - n.
(in the UK) a member of the Women's Royal Naval Service. [orig. in pl., f. abbr. WRNS]