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wrench

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verb (used with object)
1.
to twist suddenly and forcibly; pull, jerk, or force by a violent twist: He wrenched the prisoner's wrist.
2.
to overstrain or injure (the ankle, knee, etc.) by a sudden, violent twist: When she fell, she wrenched her ankle.
3.
to affect distressingly as if by a wrench.
4.
to wrest, as from the right use or meaning: to wrench the facts out of context.
verb (used without object)
5.
to twist, turn, or move suddenly aside: He wrenched away.
6.
to give a wrench or twist at something.

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Wrenched is always a great word to know.
So is zedonk. Does it mean:
an extraordinary or unusual thing, person, or event; an exceptional example or instance.
the offspring of a zebra and a donkey.
noun
7.
a wrenching movement; a sudden, violent twist: With a quick wrench, she freed herself.
8.
a painful, straining twist, as of the ankle or wrist.
9.
a sharp, distressing strain, as to the feelings.
10.
a twisting or distortion, as of meaning.
11.
a tool for gripping and turning or twisting the head of a bolt, a nut, a pipe, or the like, commonly consisting of a bar of metal with fixed or adjustable jaws.

Origin:
before 1050; Middle English wrenchen (v.), Old English wrencan to twist, turn; cognate with German renken

wrench·er, noun
wrench·ing·ly, adverb
out·wrench, verb (used with object)
un·wrenched, adjective

retch, winch, wrench, wretch.


4. distort, twist, warp.

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wrench
O.E. wrenc "a twisting, artifice, trick;" see wrench (v.). The meaning "tool with jaws for turning" is first recorded 1794.
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wrench definition


  1. n.
    a mechanic. (Possibly from Mr. Goodwrench.) : I gotta get my ride in and have a wrench look at the serpentine.
Dictionary of American Slang and Colloquial Expressions by Richard A. Spears.Fourth Edition.
Copyright 2007. Published by McGraw Hill.
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