Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

thrown a monkey wrench into the works

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.25 in modern English

Syllables
thrown a -mon-key wrench in-to the -works
IPA
64
Scrabble Score
31
Letters
5
Syllables
14
Unique Chars

Meaning

Questions

What does thrown a monkey wrench into the works mean?
past participle of throw a monkey wrench into the works

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