Associations to the word «Spanner»

SPANNER, noun. (Australian) (NZ) (British) (Irish) A hand tool for adjusting nuts and bolts.

SPANNER, noun. (rare) One who, or that which, spans.

SPANNER, noun. (weaponry) A hand tool shaped like a small crank handle, for winding the spring of a wheel lock on a musket.

SPANNER, noun. (obsolete) A device in early steam engines for moving the valves for the alternate admission and shutting off of the steam.

SPANNER, noun. (UK) A problem, dilemma or obstacle; something unexpected or troublesome (in the phrase spanner in the works)

SPANNER, noun. (British) (Irish) (mildly derogatory) A stupid or unintelligent person; one prone to making mistakes, especially in language.

SPANNER BARB, noun. A freshwater open water, substrate egg-scatterer fish commonly found in the Malay Peninsula and Borneo, Puntius lateristriga.

SPANNER BARBS, noun. Plural of spanner barb

SPANNER, noun. A hand tool that is used to hold or twist a nut or bolt.