wrenches

Meaning of wrenches

plural noun
  1. a sudden violent twist or pull.
    with a wrench Tony wriggled free
  2. a feeling of sadness or distress caused by one's own or another's departure.
    it will be a real wrench to leave after eight years
  3. an adjustable tool like a spanner, used for gripping and turning nuts or bolts.
    you will need a wrench to tighten it in position
  4. a combination of a couple with a force along its axis.
verb, 3rd person present
  1. pull or twist suddenly and violently.
    Casey grabbed the gun and wrenched it from my hand
    she wrenched herself free of his grip
  2. turn (something, especially a nut or bolt) with a wrench.

late Old English wrencan ‘twist’, of unknown origin.

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Hyphenation of wrenches

wrenches

  • It consists of 1 syllables and 8 chars.
  • wrenches is a word monosyllabic because it has one syllable

wrenches synonyms

Meaning a hard or sudden pull:

tug

Meaning an act of pulling something:

pull

Meaning a quick, sharp, sudden movement:

jerk

Meaning an abrupt rough or violent movement:

jolt

Meaning a key for tuning a harp or piano:

wrest

Meaning an act of heaving:

heave

Meaning an act of twisting something around a stationary point:

twist

Meaning a sudden hard pull:

yank

Meaning highly unpleasant physical sensation caused by illness or injury:

pain

Meaning a continuous or prolonged dull pain in a part of one's body:

ache

Meaning a sudden sharp pain or painful emotion:

pang

Meaning a deeply distressing or disturbing experience:

trauma

Meaning a tool with a shaped opening or jaws for gripping and turning a nut or bolt:

spanner

Meaning remove by pulling forcefully:

tear

Meaning tear or pull (something) quickly or forcibly away from something or someone:

rip

Meaning take hold of (something) and quickly remove it from its place:

pluck

Meaning grasp or seize suddenly and roughly:

grab

Meaning take hold of suddenly and forcibly:

seize

Meaning quickly seize (something) in a rude or eager way:

snatch

Meaning artificially hasten the development or maturity of (a plant):

force

Meaning remove the outer covering or skin from (a fruit or vegetable):

peel

Meaning inquire too closely into a person's private affairs:

pry

Anagrams of wrenches

wenchers

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