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wrenchy

US/ˈɹɛn.t͡ʃi/

wrenchy adjective: indicative of wrenching.

Adjective

wrenchy (comparative more wrenchy, superlative most wrenchy)

  1. Indicative of wrenching
    • Gents, that was sure the zeal distress, nothing soft and sloppy, but hard, wrenchy, deep ones, like you hear at a melodrayma^([sic]).1904, McClure's Magazine, volume 24, page 66
    • Quill turned a key with a loud, wrenchy sound and dragged the door open.1981, Manly Wade Wellman, The lost and the lurking, page 123

Forms of wrenchy

comparativemore wrenchy
superlativemost wrenchy

Origin of wrenchy

From wrench + -y.

Questions about wrenchy

What does wrenchy mean?
Wrenchy means indicative of wrenching.
What part of speech is wrenchy?
Wrenchy is an adjective.
How do you pronounce wrenchy?
Wrenchy is pronounced /ˈɹɛn.t͡ʃi/ (US).

Words near wrenchy in the dictionary

  1. wrenchingly
  2. wrenchings
  3. wrenchlike
  4. wrenchman
  5. wrenchmen
  6. wrenchy
  7. wrength
  8. wrenlet
  9. wrenlets
  10. wrenlike
  11. Wrenn

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