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monkey wrench
 monkey wrenchmonkey wrenchn.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.
[Origin unknown.]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.Thesaurus| Noun | 1. |  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 wrench1. 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, wrenchmonkey 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
Synonyms for monkey wrenchnoun adjustable wrench that has one fixed and one adjustable jawSynonymsRelated Words- adjustable spanner
- adjustable wrench
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