monkey wrenchn.

Brit.

/ˈmʌŋkɪ rɛn(t)ʃ/, U.S.

/ˈməŋki ˌrɛn(t)ʃ/

Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: monkey n., wrench n.²

Etymology: < monkey n. + wrench n.², perhaps as a folk etymology from a surname, although this is uncertain and disputed. See, for example, V. Staten Did Monkeys invent Monkey Wrench? (1996) 41–3 and G. Stimpson Bk. about Thousand Things (1946) 287.

Now chiefly North American.

1. A spanner or wrench having an adjustable jaw; an adjustable spanner.

ΘΚΠ

society > occupation and work > equipment > screwdrivers, wrenches, spanners > [noun] > spanner or wrench > adjustable

monkey wrench?1807

shifting spanner1829

screw hammer1831

adjustable wrench1852

adjustable spanner1866

Stillson1902

?1807 in E. S. Dane Peter Stubs & Lancashire Hand Tool Industry (1973) 219 Fleetwood, Richard..Parr, Rainford. Screw plates, lathes, clock engines..monkey wrenches, taps.

1858 P. L. Simmonds Dict. Trade Products 251/1 Monkey-wrench.

1865 Assassination President Lincoln 86/1 I did not give them the rope and monkey-wrench.

1894 Outing 24 132/2 I luckily had a pair of gas pliers in my valise which I used as a monkey-wrench.

1915 S. Lewis Trail of Hawk ii. xiii. 132 He had laughed away the straw boss who tried to make him go ask for a left-handed monkey-wrench.

1973 Times 29 Dec. 10/2 The stereotypes of the German as a man born with a monkey wrench in his hand and eating vast quantities of sausage and sauerkraut..should really be discarded.

1989 Plumbing (Time-Life Bks.) (new ed.) i. 50/2 With a monkey wrench, unscrew the nuts that attach the trap to the tailpiece.

2. figurative. An obstruction, a hindrance. Chiefly in to throw a monkey wrench into the machinery and variants: to cause trouble or confusion, to interfere disruptively (cf. to throw a spanner in the works at spanner n.¹ 2b).

ΘΚΠ

the world > action or operation > difficulty > hindrance > types or manners of hindrance > [verb (intransitive)] > hinder by interference

interrupt1412

intervene1649

to break in1657

intercedea1661

to queer the pitch1846

to throw a monkey wrench into the machinery1907

to gum (up) the works1932

to throw a spanner in the works1934

the world > action or operation > difficulty > hindrance > [noun] > one who or that which hinders > a hindrance, impediment, or obstacle

hinderc1200

withsetting1340

obstaclec1385

traversea1393

mara1400

bayc1440

stoppagec1450

barrace1480

blocka1500

objecta1500

clog1526

stumbling-stone1526

bar1530

(to cast) a trump in (one's) way1548

stumbling-stock1548

hindrance1576

a log in one's way1579

crossbar1582

log1589

rub1589

threshold1600

scotch1601

dam1602

remora1604

obex1611

obstructiona1616

stumbling-blocka1616

fence1639

affront1642

retardance1645

stick1645

balk1660

obstruent1669

blockade1683

sprun1684

spoke1689

cross cause1696

uncomplaisance1707

barrier1712

obstruct1747

dike1770

abatis1808

underbrush1888

bunker1900

bump1909

sprag1914

hurdle1924

headwind1927

mudhole1933

monkey wrench1937

roadblock1945

1907 Chicago Tribune 30 July 7 It should look to them as if he were throwing a monkeywrench into the only market by visiting that Cincinnati circus upon the devoted heads of Kentucky's best customers.

1918 Amer. Econ. Rev. 8 21 Mr. A. Paladini, one of the larger wholesale dealers..threw a monkey wrench into the machinery of proposed fish distribution.

1931 Daily Express 16 Oct. 1/2 Mr. Lloyd George hurled a monkey wrench last night into the creaking and decrepit machinery of Liberalism.

1937 M. Allingham Dancers in Mourning viii. 108 This morning..the proverbial monkey-wrench had landed squarely in the middle of the brittle machinery.

1966 D. Varaday Gara-Yaka's Domain xi. 126 Just as I was about to squeeze the trigger an ebb wind threw the monkey wrench into the works. The rising ill-wind struck the back of our necks, carrying our scent down to the elephant.

1993 Globe & Mail (Toronto) 25 Jan. e7/1 Even a one-day cancellation can throw a real monkey wrench into the schedule.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2002; most recently modified version published online June 2022).

单词	monkey wrench
释义	monkey wrenchn. Brit. /ˈmʌŋkɪ rɛn(t)ʃ/, U.S. /ˈməŋki ˌrɛn(t)ʃ/ Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: monkey n., wrench n.² Etymology: < monkey n. + wrench n.², perhaps as a folk etymology from a surname, although this is uncertain and disputed. See, for example, V. Staten Did Monkeys invent Monkey Wrench? (1996) 41–3 and G. Stimpson Bk. about Thousand Things (1946) 287. Now chiefly North American. 1. A spanner or wrench having an adjustable jaw; an adjustable spanner. ΘΚΠ society > occupation and work > equipment > screwdrivers, wrenches, spanners > [noun] > spanner or wrench > adjustable monkey wrench?1807 shifting spanner1829 screw hammer1831 adjustable wrench1852 adjustable spanner1866 Stillson1902 ?1807 in E. S. Dane Peter Stubs & Lancashire Hand Tool Industry (1973) 219 Fleetwood, Richard..Parr, Rainford. Screw plates, lathes, clock engines..monkey wrenches, taps. 1858 P. L. Simmonds Dict. Trade Products 251/1 Monkey-wrench. 1865 Assassination President Lincoln 86/1 I did not give them the rope and monkey-wrench. 1894 Outing 24 132/2 I luckily had a pair of gas pliers in my valise which I used as a monkey-wrench. 1915 S. Lewis Trail of Hawk ii. xiii. 132 He had laughed away the straw boss who tried to make him go ask for a left-handed monkey-wrench. 1973 Times 29 Dec. 10/2 The stereotypes of the German as a man born with a monkey wrench in his hand and eating vast quantities of sausage and sauerkraut..should really be discarded. 1989 Plumbing (Time-Life Bks.) (new ed.) i. 50/2 With a monkey wrench, unscrew the nuts that attach the trap to the tailpiece. 2. figurative. An obstruction, a hindrance. Chiefly in to throw a monkey wrench into the machinery and variants: to cause trouble or confusion, to interfere disruptively (cf. to throw a spanner in the works at spanner n.¹ 2b). ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > difficulty > hindrance > types or manners of hindrance > [verb (intransitive)] > hinder by interference interrupt1412 intervene1649 to break in1657 intercedea1661 to queer the pitch1846 to throw a monkey wrench into the machinery1907 to gum (up) the works1932 to throw a spanner in the works1934 the world > action or operation > difficulty > hindrance > [noun] > one who or that which hinders > a hindrance, impediment, or obstacle hinderc1200 withsetting1340 obstaclec1385 traversea1393 mara1400 bayc1440 stoppagec1450 barrace1480 blocka1500 objecta1500 clog1526 stumbling-stone1526 bar1530 (to cast) a trump in (one's) way1548 stumbling-stock1548 hindrance1576 a log in one's way1579 crossbar1582 log1589 rub1589 threshold1600 scotch1601 dam1602 remora1604 obex1611 obstructiona1616 stumbling-blocka1616 fence1639 affront1642 retardance1645 stick1645 balk1660 obstruent1669 blockade1683 sprun1684 spoke1689 cross cause1696 uncomplaisance1707 barrier1712 obstruct1747 dike1770 abatis1808 underbrush1888 bunker1900 bump1909 sprag1914 hurdle1924 headwind1927 mudhole1933 monkey wrench1937 roadblock1945 1907 Chicago Tribune 30 July 7 It should look to them as if he were throwing a monkeywrench into the only market by visiting that Cincinnati circus upon the devoted heads of Kentucky's best customers. 1918 Amer. Econ. Rev. 8 21 Mr. A. Paladini, one of the larger wholesale dealers..threw a monkey wrench into the machinery of proposed fish distribution. 1931 Daily Express 16 Oct. 1/2 Mr. Lloyd George hurled a monkey wrench last night into the creaking and decrepit machinery of Liberalism. 1937 M. Allingham Dancers in Mourning viii. 108 This morning..the proverbial monkey-wrench had landed squarely in the middle of the brittle machinery. 1966 D. Varaday Gara-Yaka's Domain xi. 126 Just as I was about to squeeze the trigger an ebb wind threw the monkey wrench into the works. The rising ill-wind struck the back of our necks, carrying our scent down to the elephant. 1993 Globe & Mail (Toronto) 25 Jan. e7/1 Even a one-day cancellation can throw a real monkey wrench into the schedule. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2002; most recently modified version published online June 2022). < n.?1807
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