Definitions

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  • adjective Resembling or characteristic of a wrench (gripping tool).

Etymologies

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wrench +‎ -like

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Examples

  • On the floor of his garage is a masking-tape outline of a body, with a wrenchlike shape stenciled in the body's right hand.

    Rough-Terrain Unicycling 1997

  • Men in red jumpsuits and white hardhats could be seen on the deck using enormous wrenchlike tools to turn dials on pipes that were dousing the blowout preventer with warm seawater to speed up the melting.

    www2.timesdispatch.com - News 2010

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