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throw a spanner in the works

Have a huge problem that halts progress.
by Cyan_on_the_dictionary February 24, 2022
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YouTube Spanner

Someone who grows up in the era of YouTube and doesn't have an attention span longer than three minutes of a unicorn getting its organs removed.
Me:Hey Andrew do you wanna go see No Country For Old Men it won like 50 oscars.
Andrew:No man that movies too long i have to sit here and watch 5 minute movies of a guy playing a double fretted guitar for 13 and a half hours.
Me: You Are a fucking YouTube spanner
by JEWROFOSHO October 18, 2008
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Jam spanner

I used my jam spanner on her, sweet!
by my cat snores too much January 13, 2010
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cock spanner

A person that uses their genitals as a source of income!
The bread winner of the house (also a porn star) is known as a cock-spanner!
That Ron Jeremy (the famous pornstar) is a real Cock spanner!!
by Ryan Neil September 7, 2006
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red spanner

Oxy-acetylene torch/welder. Called a red spanner due to its versatility.
Go and get the red spanner to cut that piece of bar

I used the red spanner to weld that bit of pipe
by mickwheelz July 13, 2009
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bent spanner

A bent spanner is a penis that is so long and bent out of shale that a person with a bent spanner can use it to touch their own anal cavity when erect.
by Ieatpineapple October 15, 2017
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mace spanner

A turd that spans from edge to edge of the toilet and isn’t touching the water. The mace portion of the definition comes from the undigested peanut chunks sticking out the length of the turd!
Honey, get a tape measure so we can measure my mace spanner in the shitter before we chop it up and flush it!
by Cryptic dude December 20, 2017
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