monkey wrench

monkey wrench

monkey wrench

n.1. A hand tool with adjustable jaws for turning nuts of varying sizes.2. Informal Something that disrupts: He threw a monkey wrench into our plans.

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monkey wrench

n (Tools) a wrench with adjustable jaws

mon′key wrench`

n. 1. a wrench having an adjustable jaw for grasping nuts of different sizes. 2. something that interferes.

Monkey wrench

One of the few types of wrenches found on most early-twentieth-century farms. Its jaws were at right angles to the handle. One jaw was adjustable. The other, much heavier and at the end of the handle, was often used as a hammer. Charles Moncky apparently invented the wrench sometime before 1860.

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Noun

monkey wrench - adjustable wrench that has one fixed and one adjustable jawmonkey-wrenchadjustable spanner, adjustable wrench - an adjustable tool for gripping hexagonal nuts, with an adjustings crew in the head of the implement

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monkey wrench

1. A type of wrench that has adjustable jaws. Pass me that monkey wrench, will you? I need to get a hold of this nut here.2. Something that causes problems or disruptions. Ellen's flight getting delayed really threw a monkey wrench into our plans for the day. This rain has sure put a monkey wrench into our pool party!See also: monkey, wrench

monkey wrench

a wrench with adjustable jaws

monkey wrench

[′məŋ·kē ‚rench] (design engineering) A wrench having one jaw fixed and the other adjustable, both of which are perpendicular to a straight handle.

monkey wrench

monkey wrench A wrench having one jaw fixed and the other jaw (which is adjusted by a screw) movable.

monkey wrench

monkey wrench

monkey wrench

mon′key wrench`

Monkey wrench

monkey wrench

monkey wrench

monkey wrench

monkey wrench

monkey wrench

monkey wrench

monkey wrench

Synonyms for monkey wrench

noun adjustable wrench that has one fixed and one adjustable jaw

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