Definition of wrench
wrench 
noun
- a mechanic, originally on motorcycles, but now any kind of repairman.
Toad is a shitty wrench.
Citation from "What Being a Handyman Has Taught Me About Male Insecurity", The Atlantic, Andy Hinds, Mar 28 2013 blacked out to resolve Google's penalty against this site.- See more words with the same meaning: professions (list of).
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Last edited on Mar 28 2013. Submitted by J. Rogers from Birmingham, AL, USA on Apr 12 1998.
verb - intransitive
- to work as a mechanic.
I wrenched for four years.
- See more words with the same meaning: professions (list of).
- See more words with the same meaning: to fix.
Last edited on Mar 28 2013. Submitted by Walter Rader (Editor) from Sacramento, CA, USA on Feb 04 2010.
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