ADJ.
adjustable, dangerous, enormous, other, short
VERB + SPANNER
call, ended, hand, need, pass, put, requests, threw
SPANNER + NOUN
jake, s
PREP.
in, onto, out, up
ADV.
commonly
noun
A hand tool for adjusting nuts and bolts.
Pass me that spanner, Jake; there's just one more bolt to screw in.
Tools don’t have judgment or ethics, and they might fail to push back on bad ideas or dangerous requests. “Your spanner’s never like, ‘This shouldn’t be built,’” she said, using a British term for wrench.
A hand tool for adjusting nuts and bolts.
The groove in this toolholder is what the spanner grabs onto when you are changing the tool.
One who, or that which, spans.
The scheme of the spanner of continents and the desire of the little husbandman hoarding for his loved ones...
A (usually sparse) graph whose shortest path distances approximate those in a dense graph or other metric space.
A hand tool shaped like a small crank handle, for winding the spring of a wheel lock on a musket.
The spanner for spanning or winding up the spring of the wheel lock.
verb
To use a spanner; to fix with a spanner
noun — a hand tool that is used to hold or twist a nut or bolt
To introduce a problem, dilemma or obstacle, something unexpected or troublesome.
Halfway through the production of Macbeth, the director found that the stage was smaller than he had expected. This really threw a spanner in the works.
An open-end adjustable spanner with a worm-drive thumbwheel. When the term adjustable spanner or adjustable wrench is used, this type (branded with any of many brands) is usually the type meant.
Something that disrupts smooth operation or functioning.
The kids' involvement was unfortunately more of a spanner in the works than a helpful contribution toward Daddy's progress on the task, but he gamely pretended to be thankful anywa
Pass me that spanner, Jake; there's just one more bolt to screw in.
WiktionaryTools don’t have judgment or ethics, and they might fail to push back on bad ideas or dangerous requests. “Your spanner’s never like, ‘This shouldn’t be built,’” she said, using a British term for wre
WiktionaryThe groove in this toolholder is what the spanner grabs onto when you are changing the tool.
WiktionaryWe've ended up a spanner short of a toolbox.
Tatoeba · #651051Someone's put a spanner in the works.
Tatoeba · #6172483Hand me that spanner, will you?
Tatoeba · #8681656i Register
In some senses, spanner is marked as UK, US, rare. Watch for register when choosing this word.