A verb meaning that someone/something has totally messed up your plans and/or what you were working on. That is: they threw a monkey wrench into your plans/work.
I was planning on working on that new project, but then my boss stopped by and monkey wrenched my afternoon.
by 321dwt December 08, 2010
1. Hey would you be so kind and hand me that monkey wrench?
2. Everything was going so well but then you threw a monkey wrench in my plan.
2. Everything was going so well but then you threw a monkey wrench in my plan.
by Mattony February 28, 2014
Verb
A computer programming term.
To write sloppy and inefficent code that solves the problem instead of a proper solution because you can't get it to work correctly and have run out of time to fix it.
A computer programming term.
To write sloppy and inefficent code that solves the problem instead of a proper solution because you can't get it to work correctly and have run out of time to fix it.
by Cynamon August 17, 2005
by MJK October 08, 2005
To sabotoge or disrupt.
George W. Bush's claim of Iraqi weapons of mass destruction threw a MONKEY WRENCH in Colin Powell's political aspirations.
by Mikail Bevale March 06, 2005
My favorite Foo Fighters song of all time. Great lyrics, great guita, vocals ,and drums all done by the renaissance man Dave Grohl.
by alex k April 16, 2004
don't wanna be your monkey wrench
by futuramafan February 09, 2008