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Definition of Spanner
1. Noun. A hand tool that is used to hold or twist a nut or bolt.
Specialized synonyms: Adjustable Spanner, Adjustable Wrench, Allen Wrench, Alligator Wrench, Box End Wrench, Box Wrench, Brace Wrench, Bulldog Wrench, Carriage Wrench, Dog Wrench, Hook Spanner, Hook Wrench, Lug Wrench, Open-end Wrench, Tappet Wrench, Pin Wrench, Screw Key, Socket Wrench, Sparkplug Wrench, Tap Wrench, Torque Wrench
Generic synonyms: Hand Tool
Terms within: Jaw
Derivative terms: Wrench
Definition of Spanner
1. n. One who, or that which, spans.
Definition of Spanner
1. Noun. (Australian NZ British) A hand tool for adjusting nuts and bolts. ¹
2. Noun. (rare) One who, or that which, spans. ¹
3. Noun. (weaponry) A hand tool shaped like a small crank handle, for winding the spring of a wheel lock on a musket. ¹
4. Noun. (obsolete) A device in early steam engines for moving the valves for the alternate admission and shutting off of the steam. ¹
5. Noun. (U.K.) A problem, dilemma or obstacle; something unexpected or troublesome (in the phrase ''spanner in the works'') ¹
6. Noun. (British mildly derogatory) A stupid or unintelligent person; one prone to making mistakes, especially in language. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Spanner
1. one that spans [n -S] - See also: spans
Lexicographical Neighbors of Spanner
Literary usage of Spanner
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Lockwood's Dictionary of Terms Used in the Practice of Mechanical by Joseph Gregory Horner (1892)
"A spanner or screw wrench. Key Seating—A key way (qv). Key Stone. ... A screw
wrench or spanner (qv). Kilo.—Abbreviation for kilogramme. ..."
2. Automobile Repairshop Short-cuts: Over 1500 Time and Labor-saving Kinks by Motor World (1918)
"915) GENERATOR spanner WRENCH A spanner wrench for facilitating the ... By means
of the spanner wrench the eccentric bushing is turned until the chain has ..."
3. The Horse, in the Stable and the Field: His Varieties, Management in Health by John Henry Walsh (1888)
"The following are the tools he supplies, with the prices. His address is S.
Morris, 50, Rathbone Place, Oxford Street, London. Fio. 9.—spanner AND TAPS FOR ..."
4. Dictionary of Obsolete and Provincial English: Containing Words from the by Thomas Wright (1904)
"Large; fine. SPANKY, adj. Smart. Far. /I. spanner, ». (1) The key by which wound up.
the wheel-lock of a gun was (2) A wrench. ..."
5. Iron: An Illustrated Weekly Journal for Iron and Steel Manufacturers edited by Sholto Percy, Perry Fairfax Nursey (1851)
"3 represents this spanner with the larger jaw В expanded to its utmost limit,
... By these arrangements each end of one spanner is enabled to be adjusted to ..."
6. Mechanics Magazine (1824)
"spanner fe ; e is a weight or tumbling бой, «г Y piece, to five the necessary
momentum t» the movement of the ..."
7. The Second Power Kink Book: A Collection of Short Articles from Power in (1918)
"spanner WRENCH FOR FINISHED SHAFTS The illustration shows a spanner wrench for
shafts, which has proved so useful that others might be glad to know of it. ..."
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