spanner
pronunciation
How to pronounce spanner in British English:
UK [ˈspænə(r)]
How to pronounce spanner in American English:
US [ˈspænɚ]
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- Noun:
- a hand tool that is used to hold or twist a nut or bolt
Word Origin
- spanner (n.)
- 1630s, a tool for winding the spring of a wheel-lock firearm, from German Spanner, from spannen (see span (v.)). Meaning "wrench" is from 1790. Figurative phrase spanner in the works attested from 1921 (Wodehouse).
Example
- 1. I need a spanner to change the back wheel .
- 2. A spate of strikes has thrown a spanner into the workshop of the world .
- 3. If the girl is intending to many john , his mother will put a spanner in the works .
- 4. Please pass me the monkey spanner .
- 5. Please give me the ring spanner .