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English

Pronunciation

  • spăn'ə(r), /spænˈə(r)/, /sp{n'@(r)/
  • An audio transcript can be found at en-us-spanner.ogg



Etymology

Noun

  1. A hand tool for adjusting nuts and bolts.
  2. : Pass me that spanner, Jake; there's just one more nut to screw in.
  3. (Weapon) A hand tool shaped like a small crank handle, for winding the spring of a wheel lock on a musket.
  4. : Quotations
  5. :* 1786, Fig. 10. The spanner for spanning or winding up the spring of the wheel lock. — Francis Grose, A Treatise on Ancient Armour and Weapons, page xvi.
  6. (UK) A problem, dilemma or obstacle; something unexpected or troublesome
  7. : Half way through the production of Macbeth, the director found that the stage was smaller than he expected. This really threw a spanner in the works.
  8. {{context|UK|mildly|derogatory}} A stupid or unintelligent person; one prone to making mistakes, especially in language.
  9. : You spanner, Rodney! I wanted a Chinese, not an Indian!


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GNU Project's publication of CIDE, the Collaborative International Dictionary of English spanner \span"ner\ (sp[a^]n"n[~e]r), n.
1. One who, or that which, spans.
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2. The lock of a fusee or carbine; also, the fusee or carbine
itself. [Obs.]
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3. An iron instrument having a jaw to fit a nut or the head
of a bolt, and used as a lever to turn it with; a wrench;
specifically, a wrench for unscrewing or tightening the
couplings of hose. [Chiefly British usage]
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4. pl. A contrivance in some of the earlier steam engines for
moving the valves for the alternate admission and shutting
off of the steam.
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GNU Project's publication of CIDE, the Collaborative International Dictionary of English Inchworm \Inch"worm`\, n. (Zool.)
The larva of any geometrid moth. It progresses forward by
first bringing the rear end of the body forward, forming a
loop, then moving the front part of the body; called also
measuring worm, measuringworm, spanner, and looper.
See Geometrid.
[1913 Webster]
WordNet spanner
n : a hand tool that is used to hold or twist a nut or bolt
[syn: wrench]
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