Wrench vs. Spanner
Wrenchnoun
A movement that twists or pulls violently; a tug.
Wrenchnoun
An injury caused by a violent twisting or pulling of a limb; strain, sprain.
Wrenchnoun
(obsolete) A trick or artifice.
Wrenchnoun
(obsolete) Deceit; guile; treachery.
Wrenchnoun
(obsolete) A turn at an acute angle.
Wrenchnoun
(archaic) A winch or windlass.
Wrenchnoun
(obsolete) A screw.
Wrenchnoun
A distorting change from the original meaning.
Wrenchnoun
(US) A hand tool for making rotational adjustments, such as fitting nuts and bolts, or fitting pipes; a spanner.
Wrenchnoun
(UK) An adjustable spanner used by plumbers.
Wrenchnoun
A violent emotional change caused by separation.
Wrenchnoun
(physics) In screw theory, a screw assembled from force and torque vectors arising from application of Newton's laws to a rigid body.
Wrenchnoun
(obsolete) means; contrivance
Wrenchnoun
In coursing, the act of bringing the hare round at less than a right angle, worth half a point in the recognised code of points for judging.
Wrenchverb
To violently move in a turn or writhe.
Wrenchverb
(transitive) To pull or twist violently.
Wrenchverb
To turn aside or deflect.
Wrenchverb
To slander.
Wrenchverb
To tighten with or as if with a winch.
Wrenchverb
(transitive) To injure (a joint) by pulling or twisting.
Wrenchverb
(transitive) To distort from the original meaning.
Wrenchverb
To thrust a weapon in a twisting motion.
Wrenchverb
To disarm an opponent by whirling his or her blade away.
Wrenchverb
(transitive) To rack with pain.
Wrenchverb
(transitive) To deprive by means of a violent pull or twist.
Wrenchverb
(transitive) To use the tool known as a wrench.
Wrenchnoun
Trick; deceit; fraud; stratagem.
Wrenchnoun
A violent twist, or a pull with twisting.
Wrenchnoun
A sprain; an injury by twisting, as in a joint.
Wrenchnoun
Means; contrivance.
Wrenchnoun
An instrument, often a simple bar or lever with jaws or an angular orifice either at the end or between the ends, for exerting a twisting strain, as in turning bolts, nuts, screw taps, etc.; a screw key. Many wrenches have adjustable jaws for grasping nuts, etc., of different sizes.
Wrenchnoun
The system made up of a force and a couple of forces in a plane perpendicular to that force. Any number of forces acting at any points upon a rigid body may be compounded so as to be equivalent to a wrench.
Wrenchverb
To pull with a twist; to wrest, twist, or force by violence.
Wrenchverb
To strain; to sprain; hence, to distort; to pervert.
Wrenchnoun
a sharp strain on muscles or ligaments;
Wrenchnoun
a jerky pulling movement
Wrenchnoun
a hand tool that is used to hold or twist a nut or bolt
Wrenchverb
twist or pull violently or suddenly, especially so as to remove (something) from that to which it is attached or from where it originates;
Wrenchverb
make a sudden twisting motion
Wrenchverb
twist and compress, as if in pain or anguish;
Wrenchverb
twist suddenly so as to sprain;
Wrench
A wrench or spanner is a tool used to provide grip and mechanical advantage in applying torque to turn objects—usually rotary fasteners, such as nuts and bolts—or keep them from turning. In the UK, Ireland, Australia, and New Zealand spanner is the standard term.
Spannernoun
A hand tool for adjusting nuts and bolts; a wrench.
Spannernoun
(rare) One who, or that which, spans.
Spannernoun
(weaponry) A hand tool shaped like a small crank handle, for winding the spring of a wheel lock on a musket.
Spannernoun
(obsolete) A device in early steam engines for moving the valves for the alternate admission and shutting off of the steam.
Spannernoun
(UK) A problem, dilemma or obstacle; something unexpected or troublesome (in the phrase spanner in the works)
Spannernoun
A stupid or unintelligent person; one prone to making mistakes, especially in language.
Spannernoun
One who, or that which, spans.
Spannernoun
The lock of a fusee or carbine; also, the fusee or carbine itself.
Spannernoun
An iron instrument having a jaw to fit a nut or the head of a bolt, and used as a lever to turn it with; a wrench; specifically, a wrench for unscrewing or tightening the couplings of hose.
Spannernoun
A contrivance in some of the earlier steam engines for moving the valves for the alternate admission and shutting off of the steam.
Spannernoun
a hand tool that is used to hold or twist a nut or bolt
