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monkeywrench

monkeywrench is the alternative form of monkey wrench.

Meaning of monkey wrench

Noun

monkey wrench (plural monkey wrenches)

  1. A wrench (spanner) with an adjustable jaw.
    • Did you ever stop to think whether or not you knew how a monkey wrench should be used?1903, Shop Talk, volumes 1-3, page 21
  2. (figuratively) An unexpected or troublesome problem, obstacle or dilemma.
    • Professor Miller's careful research has thrown a monkey-wrench into the Einstein wheel, although it has far from discouraged the enthusiastic exponents of Einsteinism.1926, New Outlook, volume 142, page 58

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Forms of monkeywrench

pluralmonkeywrenches

Questions about monkeywrench

What is monkeywrench the alternative form of?
Monkeywrench is the alternative form of monkey wrench.

Words near monkeywrench in the dictionary

  1. monkeysona
  2. monkeysonas
  3. monkeyspeak
  4. monkeywalk
  5. monkeywalks
  6. monkeywrench
  7. monkeywrencher
  8. monkeywrenchers
  9. monkeywrenches
  10. monkeywrenching
  11. monkfish

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