wrench

     

A wrench or spanner is a tool use to provide a mechanical advantage in applying torque to turn bolts, nuts or other hard-to-turn items.

Trivia about wrench

  • Lug, monkey, or pipe
  • A sharp twist of your muscle that might make a monkey out of you
  • To jerk by a violent twist (Ow, my back!), or a tool for twisting the head of a bolt
  • A twisting tool that's "thrown into" a situation to mess it up
  • As a verb, it means to twist suddenly; as a noun, it's a bolt-twisting tool
  • If your mechanic in Manchester needs a spanner to fix your car, he's asking for one of these
  • To throw out your back while monkeying around. or a "monkey" tool to twist a bolt
  • Of the original murder weapons in Clue

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