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"ref": "1903, Shop Talk, volumes 1-3, page 21:",
"text": "Did you ever stop to think whether or not you knew how a monkey wrench should be used?",
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"ref": "1948, George M. Warren, Simple Plumbing Repairs in the Home: Farmers' Bulletin, number 1460, page 2:",
"text": "With a monkey wrench on the hexagonal part of the stuffing box unscrew the stuffing box from the body of the faucet.",
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"ref": "2010, A. M. Murray, The Secret of the Serpent Mound, unnumbered page:",
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"ref": "2003, Robert D. Keppel, William J. Birnes, The Psychology of Serial Killer Investigations: The Grisly Business Unit, page 130:",
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"ref": "2005, Julia E. Richards, R. Scott Hawley, Catherine A. Mori, The Human Genome: A User's Guide, page 159:",
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"ref": "2007, Carol Hoenig, The Author's Guide to Planning Book Events, page 59:",
"text": "Therefore, even if the author is a celebrity, something may throw a monkey wrench in an event's success.\nIt is here where I must mention the monkey wrench that dramatically hurt events I scheduled during the period of 1996–2001.",
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"ref": "2009, Ken Reamy, The Balaam Surrogate, page 210:",
"text": "Girard had programmed some electronic \"monkey wrenches\" into the control panel that with the stroke of a key, would render the device inoperable.",
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{
"word": "left-handed monkey wrench"
},
{
"word": "monkey-wrencher"
},
{
"word": "monkeywrenching"
},
{
"word": "throw a monkey wrench in the works"
},
{
"word": "throw a monkey wrench into the works"
}
],
"etymology_text": "Already in use, and not unfamiliar among mechanics, by 1832; see discussion and references at Monkey wrench § Etymology and history.",
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{
"form": "monkey wrenches",
"tags": [
"plural"
]
}
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{
"ref": "1903, Shop Talk, volumes 1-3, page 21:",
"text": "Did you ever stop to think whether or not you knew how a monkey wrench should be used?",
"type": "quote"
},
{
"ref": "1948, George M. Warren, Simple Plumbing Repairs in the Home: Farmers' Bulletin, number 1460, page 2:",
"text": "With a monkey wrench on the hexagonal part of the stuffing box unscrew the stuffing box from the body of the faucet.",
"type": "quote"
},
{
"ref": "2010, A. M. Murray, The Secret of the Serpent Mound, unnumbered page:",
"text": "There were two monkey wrenches for that, sitting in a bucket. Lisa held one wrench and I applied the other and in a few minutes we had removed the motor head and set it on the ground.",
"type": "quote"
}
],
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"A wrench (spanner) with an adjustable jaw."
],
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[
"wrench",
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[
"spanner",
"spanner"
]
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},
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{
"ref": "1926, New Outlook, volume 142, page 58:",
"text": "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.",
"type": "quote"
},
{
"ref": "2003, Robert D. Keppel, William J. Birnes, The Psychology of Serial Killer Investigations: The Grisly Business Unit, page 130:",
"text": "Meanwhile the killer, either knowing for sure or by instinct that the police have incorrectly profiled him, throws monkey wrenches into the task force investigation by changing his modus operandi (MO) for no other reason than to trick the police.",
"type": "quote"
},
{
"ref": "2005, Julia E. Richards, R. Scott Hawley, Catherine A. Mori, The Human Genome: A User's Guide, page 159:",
"text": "It has been suggested that myocilin missense mutations that cause severe disease are monkey wrenches, causing disease through actively causing a problem rather than through a lack of the gene product or function.",
"type": "quote"
},
{
"ref": "2007, Carol Hoenig, The Author's Guide to Planning Book Events, page 59:",
"text": "Therefore, even if the author is a celebrity, something may throw a monkey wrench in an event's success.\nIt is here where I must mention the monkey wrench that dramatically hurt events I scheduled during the period of 1996–2001.",
"type": "quote"
},
{
"ref": "2009, Ken Reamy, The Balaam Surrogate, page 210:",
"text": "Girard had programmed some electronic \"monkey wrenches\" into the control panel that with the stroke of a key, would render the device inoperable.",
"type": "quote"
}
],
"glosses": [
"An unexpected or troublesome problem, obstacle or dilemma."
],
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[
"unexpected",
"unexpected"
],
[
"troublesome",
"troublesome"
],
[
"problem",
"problem"
],
[
"obstacle",
"obstacle"
],
[
"dilemma",
"dilemma"
]
],
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"(figurative) An unexpected or troublesome problem, obstacle or dilemma."
],
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"figuratively"
]
}
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{
"tags": [
"UK"
],
"word": "gas grips"
},
{
"sense": "wrench with adjustable jaw",
"tags": [
"Australia",
"UK"
],
"word": "adjustable spanner"
},
{
"english": "with serrated jaws",
"sense": "wrench with adjustable jaw",
"word": "pipe wrench"
},
{
"sense": "wrench with adjustable jaw",
"tags": [
"South-Africa"
],
"word": "bobbejaan spanner"
},
{
"word": "monkeywrench"
},
{
"word": "monkey-wrench"
}
],
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{
"code": "sq",
"lang": "Albanian",
"sense": "adjustable wrench",
"word": "majmun i mjerë"
},
{
"code": "ar",
"lang": "Arabic",
"roman": "miftāḥ ʔinglīziyy",
"sense": "adjustable wrench",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "مِفْتَاح إِنْجْلِيزِيّ"
},
{
"code": "be",
"lang": "Belarusian",
"roman": "razvadný ključ",
"sense": "adjustable wrench",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "развадны́ ключ"
},
{
"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "frénski ključ",
"sense": "adjustable wrench",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "фре́нски ключ"
},
{
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"roman": "hóuzi bānshǒu",
"sense": "adjustable wrench",
"word": "猴子扳手"
},
{
"code": "cs",
"lang": "Czech",
"sense": "adjustable wrench",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "klíč nastavitelný"
},
{
"code": "cs",
"lang": "Czech",
"sense": "adjustable wrench",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "francouzský klíč"
},
{
"code": "da",
"lang": "Danish",
"sense": "adjustable wrench",
"tags": [
"common-gender"
],
"word": "skiftenøgle"
},
{
"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "adjustable wrench",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "Engelse sleutel"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "adjustable wrench",
"word": "jakoavain"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "adjustable wrench",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "clé anglaise"
},
{
"code": "gl",
"lang": "Galician",
"sense": "adjustable wrench",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "chave inglesa"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "adjustable wrench",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "Rollgabelschlüssel"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "adjustable wrench",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "Engländer"
},
{
"code": "el",
"lang": "Greek",
"roman": "gallikó kleidí",
"sense": "adjustable wrench",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "γαλλικό κλειδί"
},
{
"code": "he",
"lang": "Hebrew",
"roman": "mafte'ákh shvédi",
"sense": "adjustable wrench",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "מַפְתֵּחַ שְׁוֶדִי \\ מפתח שוודי"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "adjustable wrench",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "chiave inglese"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "adjustable wrench",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "chiave giratubi"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "adjustable wrench",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "chiave serratubi"
},
{
"code": "ja",
"lang": "Japanese",
"roman": "monkī renchi",
"sense": "adjustable wrench",
"word": "モンキーレンチ"
},
{
"code": "ja",
"lang": "Japanese",
"roman": "monkī supana",
"sense": "adjustable wrench",
"word": "モンキースパナ"
},
{
"alt": "じざいスパナ",
"code": "ja",
"lang": "Japanese",
"roman": "jizai supanna",
"sense": "adjustable wrench",
"word": "自在スパナ"
},
{
"code": "ko",
"lang": "Korean",
"roman": "mongkirenchi",
"sense": "adjustable wrench",
"word": "몽키렌치"
},
{
"code": "ko",
"lang": "Korean",
"roman": "mongkiseupaeneo",
"sense": "adjustable wrench",
"word": "몽키스패너"
},
{
"code": "ko",
"lang": "Korean",
"roman": "jojeongsik seupaeneo",
"sense": "adjustable wrench",
"word": "조정식 스패너"
},
{
"code": "mk",
"lang": "Macedonian",
"roman": "francuski kluč",
"sense": "adjustable wrench",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "француски клуч"
},
{
"code": "nb",
"lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
"sense": "adjustable wrench",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "skiftenøkkel"
},
{
"code": "pdt",
"lang": "Plautdietsch",
"sense": "adjustable wrench",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "Homaschlätel"
},
{
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "adjustable wrench",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "klucz nastawny"
},
{
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "adjustable wrench",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "klucz francuski"
},
{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "adjustable wrench",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "turquesa"
},
{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "adjustable wrench",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "chave de grifo"
},
{
"code": "ro",
"lang": "Romanian",
"sense": "adjustable wrench",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "cheie franceză"
},
{
"code": "ro",
"lang": "Romanian",
"sense": "adjustable wrench",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "cheie universală"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "razvodnój ključ",
"sense": "adjustable wrench",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "разводно́й ключ"
},
{
"code": "sh",
"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
"sense": "adjustable wrench",
"tags": [
"Cyrillic",
"masculine"
],
"word": "француски кључ"
},
{
"code": "sh",
"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
"sense": "adjustable wrench",
"tags": [
"Roman",
"masculine"
],
"word": "francuski ključ"
},
{
"code": "sk",
"lang": "Slovak",
"sense": "adjustable wrench",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "francúzsky kľúč"
},
{
"code": "sl",
"lang": "Slovene",
"sense": "adjustable wrench",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "vijačni ključ"
},
{
"code": "sl",
"lang": "Slovene",
"sense": "adjustable wrench",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "francoz"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "adjustable wrench",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "llave inglesa"
},
{
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "adjustable wrench",
"tags": [
"common-gender"
],
"word": "skiftnyckel"
},
{
"code": "tl",
"lang": "Tagalog",
"sense": "adjustable wrench",
"word": "liyabe-ingglesa"
},
{
"code": "tl",
"lang": "Tagalog",
"sense": "adjustable wrench",
"word": "liyabe-inglesa"
},
{
"code": "tr",
"lang": "Turkish",
"sense": "adjustable wrench",
"word": "İngiliz anahtarı"
},
{
"code": "uk",
"lang": "Ukrainian",
"roman": "rozvidnýj ključ",
"sense": "adjustable wrench",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "розвідни́й ключ"
},
{
"code": "vi",
"lang": "Vietnamese",
"sense": "adjustable wrench",
"word": "mỏ lết"
},
{
"code": "yi",
"lang": "Yiddish",
"roman": "malpe nebekhdik",
"sense": "adjustable wrench",
"word": "מאַלפּע נעבעכדיק"
},
{
"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "problem",
"word": "probleem"
},
{
"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "problem",
"word": "een spaak in het wiel steken"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "problem",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "grain de sable dans l’engrenage"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "problem",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "Problem"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "problem",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "problema"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "problem",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "obstaculo"
}
],
"wikipedia": [
"Monkey wrench#Etymology and history",
"monkey wrench"
],
"word": "monkey wrench"
}
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