alligator wrench

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   a wrench with a v-shaped jaw and serrations on one side (resembles the open jaws of an alligator)

   Broaderwrench

Questions about alligator wrench

What does alligator wrench mean?

alligator wrench means "a wrench with a v-shaped jaw and serrations on one side (resembles the open jaws of an alligator)".

Is alligator wrench a common word?

alligator wrench is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.