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mon'key wrench"

1. Also called, esp. Brit., adjustable spanner. a wrench having an adjustable jaw permitting it to grasp nuts or the like of different sizes.
2. something that interferes with functioning; obstacle: He threw a monkey wrench into our plans.

mon•key-wrench

Pronunciation: (mung'kē-rench"), [key]
—v.t.
to ruin (plans, a schedule, etc.) unavoidably or, sometimes, deliberately: The storm monkey-wrenched our plans for a picnic.

—v.i.
to prevent, delay, or sabotage industrialization or development of wilderness areas, esp. through vandalism.

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