How to pronounce “wrench”

Meaning

• [Noun]
• A movement that twists or pulls violently; a tug. [from 16th c.]
• An injury caused by a violent twisting or pulling of a limb; strain, sprain. [from 16th c.]
• (obsolete) A trick or artifice. [from 8th c.]
• (obsolete) Deceit; guile; treachery. [from 13th c.]
• (obsolete) A turn at an acute angle. [from 16th c.]
• (archaic) A winch or windlass. [from 16th c.]
• (obsolete) A screw. [from 16th c.]
• A distorting change from the original meaning. [from 17th c.]
• (US, Canada, Philippines) A hand tool for making rotational adjustments, such as fitting nuts and bolts, or fitting pipes. [from 18th c.]
• (UK) An adjustable spanner used by plumbers.
• A violent emotional change caused by separation. [from 19th c.]
• (physics) In screw theory, a screw assembled from force and torque vectors arising from application of Newton's laws to a rigid body. [from 19th c.]
• (obsolete) means; contrivance
• 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.
• [Verb]
• (transitive) To pull or twist violently. [from 13th c.]
• (transitive) To injure (a joint) by pulling or twisting. [from 16th c.]
• (transitive) To distort the original meaning of; to misrepresent. [from 16th c.]
• (transitive) To rack with pain; to make hurt or distressed. [from 18th c.]
• (transitive) To deprive by means of a violent pull or twist. [from 18th c.]
• (transitive) To use a wrench; to twist with a wrench. [from 19th c.]
• (intransitive, obsolete) To violently move in a turn or writhe. [11th-18th c.]
• (transitive, obsolete) To tighten with or as if with a winch. [16th-19th c.]
• (transitive, obsolete) To thrust (a weapon) in a twisting motion. [16th c.]
• (intransitive, fencing, obsolete) To disarm an opponent by whirling their blade away. [18th c.]

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