wrenchy

English

Etymology

From wrench +‎ -y.

Pronunciation

• (US) IPA^(key): /ˈɹɛn.t͡ʃi/

Adjective

wrenchy (comparative more wrenchy, superlative most wrenchy)

1. Indicative of wrenching
   • 1904, McClure's Magazine, volume 24, page 66:

     Gents, that was sure the zeal distress, nothing soft and sloppy, but hard, wrenchy, deep ones, like you hear at a melodrayma^[sic].

   • 1981, Manly Wade Wellman, The lost and the lurking, page 123:

     Quill turned a key with a loud, wrenchy sound and dragged the door open.