wrench
/ˈɹɛnt͡ʃ/ noun B2- A movement that twists or pulls violently; a tug.
- An injury caused by a violent twisting or pulling of a limb; strain, sprain.
- A distorting change from the original meaning.
- A hand tool for making rotational adjustments, such as fitting nuts and bolts, or fitting pipes.
- A violent emotional change caused by separation.
- In screw theory, a screw assembled from force and torque vectors arising from application of Newton's laws to a rigid body.
- 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.
Plural wrenches
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Kaa had only just worked his way over the west wall, landing with a wrench that dislodged a coping stone into the ditch.
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