All wrench synonyms
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W w noun wrench
- handshake β handshaking
- hank β Angelo ("Hank") 1916β2002, U.S. basketball player.
- saltation β a dancing, hopping, or leaping movement.
- capriole β a high upward but not forward leap made by a horse with all four feet off the ground
- grapnel β a device consisting essentially of one or more hooks or clamps, for grasping or holding something; grapple; grappling iron.
- handhold β a grip with the hand or hands.
- curlicue β Curlicues are decorative twists and curls, usually carved or made with a pen.
- handclasp β a gripping of hands by two or more people, as in greeting, parting, making a commitment, or expressing affection.
- grip β the act of grasping; a seizing and holding fast; firm grasp.
- handgrip β the grip or clasp of a hand, as in greeting: a firm but friendly handgrip.
- jump β to spring clear of the ground or other support by a sudden muscular effort; leap: to jump into the air; to jump out a window.
- pang β a sudden feeling of mental or emotional distress or longing: a pang of remorse; a pang of desire.
- gambade β a spring or leap by a horse.
- leapfrog β a game in which players take turns in leaping over another player bent over from the waist.
- charley horse β People sometimes refer to a cramp in the muscles of their leg or arm as a charley horse.
- torsion β the act of twisting.
- helix β a spiral.
- twinge β a sudden, sharp pain: On damp days, he's often bothered by a twinge of rheumatism.
- tautness β tightly drawn; tense; not slack.
verb wrench
- sprain β to overstrain or wrench (the ligaments of an ankle, wrist, or other joint) so as to injure without fracture or dislocation.
- twist β to combine, as two or more strands or threads, by winding together; intertwine.
- pull β pull media
- injure β to do or cause harm of any kind to; damage; hurt; impair: to injure one's hand.
- rick β a male given name, form of Eric or Richard.
- strain β to draw tight or taut, especially to the utmost tension; stretch to the full: to strain a rope.
- turn β to cause to move around on an axis or about a center; rotate: to turn a wheel.
- crick β If you have a crick in your neck or in your back, you have a pain there caused by muscles becoming stiff.
- jerk β to move with a quick, sharp motion; move spasmodically.
- bend β When you bend, you move the top part of your body downwards and forwards. Plants and trees also bend.
- dislocate β to put out of place; put out of proper relative position; displace: The glacier dislocated great stones. The earthquake dislocated several buildings.
- distort β to twist awry or out of shape; make crooked or deformed: Arthritis had distorted his fingers.
- rip β to cut or tear apart in a rough or vigorous manner: to rip open a seam; to rip up a sheet.
- tweak β to pinch and pull with a jerk and twist: to tweak someone's ear; to tweak someone's nose.
- wrest β to twist or turn; pull, jerk, or force by a violent twist.
- wring β to twist forcibly: He wrung the chicken's neck.
- yank β an abrupt, vigorous pull; jerk.
- coerce β If you coerce someone into doing something, you make them do it, although they do not want to.
- compel β If a situation, a rule, or a person compels you to do something, they force you to do it.
- contort β If someone's face or body contorts or is contorted, it moves into an unnatural and unattractive shape or position.
- dislodge β to remove or force out of a particular place: to dislodge a stone with one's foot.
- drag β drag and drop
- exact β Not approximated in any way; precise.
- extract β Remove or take out, especially by effort or force.
- pervert β to affect with perversion.
- pinch β to squeeze or compress between the finger and thumb, the teeth, the jaws of an instrument, or the like.
- rend β to separate into parts with force or violence: The storm rent the ship to pieces.
- screw β a metal fastener having a tapered shank with a helical thread, and topped with a slotted head, driven into wood or the like by rotating, especially by means of a screwdriver.
- squeeze β to press forcibly together; compress.
- tear β the act of tearing.
- tug β to pull at with force, vigor, or effort.