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What is the noun for wrench?

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wrench

(obsolete) A trick or artifice. [From VIII century.]
(obsolete) Deceit; guile; treachery. [From XIII century.]
A movement that twists or pulls violently; a tug. [From XVI century.]
An injury caused by a violent twisting or pulling of a limb; strain, sprain. [From XVI century.]
(obsolete) A turn at an acute angle. [From XVI century.]
(archaic) A winch or windlass. [From XVI century.]
(obsolete) A screw. [From XVI century.]
A distorting change from the original meaning. [From XVII century.]
(US) A hand tool for making rotational adjustments, such as fitting nuts and bolts, or fitting pipes; a spanner. [From XVIII century.]
(Britain) An adjustable spanner used by plumbers.
A violent emotional change caused by separation. [From XIX century.]
(physics) In screw theory, a screw assembled from force and torque vectors arising from application of Newton's laws to a rigid body. [From XIX century.]
(obsolete) means; contrivance
Synonyms:

spanner, monkey wrench, shifting spanner, adjustable spanner, Stillsons, pipe wrench, Stillson wrench, obstruction wrench, tug, pull, jerk, yank, twist, draw, heave, haul, wresting, wringing, pluck, twisting, wrenching, jolt, rip, wrest, tweak, drag, twitch, strain, quick pull, snatch, wiggle, snag, thrust, flick, turn, curve, bend, loop, kink, meander, arc, zigzag, wind, swivel, undulation, convolution, twirl, spin, snake, helix … more

Examples:

“An adjustable wrench works well to tighten up the hardware that holds the faucet in place.”

“I noticed that one of the trousers' pockets was half-turned out, as if with a violent wrench, or a hand too full of money to get easily out again.”

“He had no injury other than a wrench in his arm.”

wrencher

One who, or that which, wrenches.

wrenching

The act by which something is wrenched.
Synonyms:

twist, twisting, wresting, wringing, wrench, bend, curve, warp, turn, loop, kink, meander, arc, zigzag, wind, swivel, undulation, convolution, twirl, spin, hairpin bend, snake, helix, screw, twine, dog-leg, spiral, curlicue, torsion, braid, yank, distortion, warping, contortion, misshaping, malformation, squinching, buckling, torturing, buckle, bending, screwing, disfiguration, misshapenness, deformation, curl, coil, arch, angle, crook … more

Examples:

“I watched in horror as the wrenching of the gears caused the machine to come to a screeching halt.”

wrenchings

plural of wrenching
Synonyms:

wrenchers

plural of wrencher

wrenches

plural of wrench
Synonyms:

spanners, monkey wrenches, adjustable spanners, Stillsons, Stillson wrenches, pipe wrenches, tugs, pulls, jerks, yanks, twists, draws, heaves, hauls, wringings, pluck, twistings, wrenchings, jolts, rips, wrests, tweaks, twitches, drag, strain, wiggles, snatches, flicks, thrust, snags, lugs, tows, sprains, cricks, dislocations, ricks, turns, wramps, stress, tension, pain, traumas, stretches, pressure, bruises, constriction, aches … more

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