"wrinch" meaning in English

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Verb

Forms: wrinches [present, singular, third-person], wrinching [participle, present], wrinched [participle, past], wrinched [past]
Etymology: Probably an alteration of wrench. Etymology templates: {{m|en|wrench}} wrench Head templates: {{en-verb}} wrinch (third-person singular simple present wrinches, present participle wrinching, simple past and past participle wrinched)
  1. (Bermuda, intransitive) To complain or grouse about. Tags: intransitive
    Sense id: en-wrinch-en-verb-a36d6k3Q Categories (other): Bermudian English
  2. (Bermuda, transitive) To scold. Tags: transitive
    Sense id: en-wrinch-en-verb-JKQYBADy Categories (other): Bermudian English, English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 33 58 10
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 1

Verb

Forms: wrinches [present, singular, third-person], wrinching [participle, present], wrinched [participle, past], wrinched [past]
Head templates: {{en-verb}} wrinch (third-person singular simple present wrinches, present participle wrinching, simple past and past participle wrinched)
  1. Obsolete form of rinse. Tags: alt-of, obsolete Alternative form of: rinse
    Sense id: en-wrinch-en-verb-bKqqs0EY
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 2

Inflected forms

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