spanner

1. (Commonwealth, Ireland, UK)A hand tool for adjusting nuts and bolts.

   Pass me that spanner, Jake; there's just one more bolt to screw in.

   Schraubenschlüssel, Schlüssel

   ключključ

   мутро́вий ключmutróvyj ključ, ключključ

   a hand tool that is used to hold or twist a nut or bolt

2. A hand tool for adjusting nuts and bolts.

   (Canada, Commonwealth, Ireland, UK, US)Any of certain types of such a tool that have a pin or hook to engage the driven object.

   The groove in this toolholder is what the spanner grabs onto when you are changing the tool.

3. (rare)One who, or that which, spans.

4. A (usually sparse) graph whose shortest path distances approximate those in a dense graph or other metric space.

5. A hand tool shaped like a small crank handle, for winding the spring of a wheel lock on a musket.

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

   Halfway through the production of Macbeth, the director found that the stage was smaller than he expected. This really threw a spanner in the works.

   Knüppel (zwischen den Beinen), Sand (im Getriebe)

7. (Ireland, UK, derogatory, mildly)A stupid or unintelligent person; one prone to making mistakes, especially in language.

   You spanner, Rodney! I wanted some time, not a bunch of thyme!

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

1. Where's the spanner you were using?

   Де гайковий ключ, яким ти користувалась? — deniko

   deWo ist denn der Schraubenschlüssel, den du benutzt hast? — Waldelfe

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2. I need a spanner.

   Мені потрібний гайковий ключ. — deniko

   deIch brauche einen Schraubenschlüssel. — brauchinet

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3. Hand me the spanner.

   Передай мені гайковий ключ. — deniko

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4. Do you have a spanner?

   У тебе є гайковий ключ? — deniko

   ruУ тебя есть гаечный ключ? — marafon

   deHabt ihr einen Schraubenschlüssel? — mhr

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5. Hand me that spanner, will you?

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