Synonyms for monkey wrench
monkey wrench

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1. monkey wrenchnoun

   A wrench with a smooth adjustable jaw to grip different sizes of nuts.

   Synonyms:
   adjustable spanner

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1. monkey-wrench, monkey wrenchnoun

   adjustable wrench that has one fixed and one adjustable jaw

   Synonyms:
   monkey-wrench

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1. Brian Mason:

   If this case is not dismissed, your honor, it's going to throw a monkey wrench into the gears of federalism. It will throw gasoline on the ideological fires that are already raging out of control in this country.

2. Christopher Barnes:

   When we change the time by one hour, it throws a monkey wrench into our circadian process, the following Monday, we've discovered that people have about 40 minutes less sleep. Because we're already short on sleep to begin with, the effects of even 40 minutes are noticeable.

3. Philip Baggaley:

   The initial surge in bookings, there was probably some pent-up demand in there. There's no doubt that the increase in [ Covid-19 ] cases and quarantines throws a monkey wrench into it.

4. Elie Honig:

   House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy is just basically talking smack, trying to throw a monkey wrench into this procedure.

5. Philip Baggaley:

   Standard Poor certainly could be Standard Poor, the initial surge in bookings, there was probably some pent-up demand in there. There's no doubt that the increase in [ Covid-19 ] cases and quarantines throws a monkey wrench into it.