Definitions

from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.

  • noun A hand tool with adjustable jaws for turning nuts of varying sizes.
  • noun Informal Something that disrupts.

from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.

  • noun A wrench with a smooth adjustable jaw to grip different sizes of nuts.
  • noun A pipe wrench.
  • noun idiomatic A problem, obstacle or dilemma; something unexpected or troublesome.

from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.

  • noun adjustable wrench that has one fixed and one adjustable jaw

Etymologies

from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition

[Origin unknown.]

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  • See also monkey.

    April 6, 2021

  • What? No bilby-related hand tools?

    April 6, 2021

  • *whacks vendingmachine with monkey wrench, makes all the granola bars come out. For free*

    April 9, 2021