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spanner
[ span-er ]
noun
- Also called spanner wrench. a wrench having a curved head with a hook or pin at one end for engaging notches or holes in collars, certain kinds of nuts, etc. Compare pin wrench.
- Chiefly British. a wrench, especially one with fixed jaws.
spanner
/ ˈæə /
noun
- a steel hand tool with a handle carrying jaws or a hole of particular shape designed to grip a nut or bolt head
- informal.a source of impediment or annoyance (esp in the phrase throw a spanner in the works )
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51Թ History and Origins
Origin of spanner1
C17: from German, from spannen to stretch, span 1
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Yet Trump's tariffs threaten to throw a spanner in the works.
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Alongside some very high-tech electronics and digital work, there are still plenty of screwdrivers and spanners.
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However, Wales will relish the chance to stick a spanner in the spokes and puncture such title pretensions.
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Itoje was a menace around the breakdown, turning over ball and putting a spanner in Scotland's attacking spokes as the referee let play flow.
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"If I take my car into the mechanics, I've got to trust that he's not just going to bash it with his spanner and charge me a grand."
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