Associations to the word «Spanner»

Wiktionary

SPANNER, noun. (Australian) (NZ) (British) (Irish) A hand tool for adjusting nuts and bolts.
SPANNER, noun. (rare) One who, or that which, spans.
SPANNER, noun. (weaponry) A hand tool shaped like a small crank handle, for winding the spring of a wheel lock on a musket.
SPANNER, noun. (obsolete) A device in early steam engines for moving the valves for the alternate admission and shutting off of the steam.
SPANNER, noun. (UK) A problem, dilemma or obstacle; something unexpected or troublesome (in the phrase spanner in the works)
SPANNER, noun. (British) (Irish) (mildly derogatory) A stupid or unintelligent person; one prone to making mistakes, especially in language.
SPANNER BARB, noun. A freshwater open water, substrate egg-scatterer fish commonly found in the Malay Peninsula and Borneo, Puntius lateristriga.
SPANNER BARBS, noun. Plural of spanner barb

Dictionary definition

SPANNER, noun. A hand tool that is used to hold or twist a nut or bolt.

Wise words

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Leo Tolstoy