<p><strong>Verb</strong></p><ul><li>(used with object) to twist suddenly and forcibly; pull, jerk, or force by a violent twist: He wrenched the prisoner's wrist.</li><li>to overstrain or injure (the ankle, knee, etc.) by a sudden, violent twist: When she fell, she wrenched her ankle.</li><li>to affect distressingly as if by a wrench.</li><li>to wrest, as from the right use or meaning: to wrench the facts out of context.</li><li>(used without object) to twist, turn, or move suddenly aside: He wrenched away.</li><li>to give a wrench or twist at something.</li></ul><p><strong>Noun</strong></p><ul><li>a wrenching movement; a sudden, violent twist: With a quick wrench, she freed herself.</li><li>a painful, straining twist, as of the ankle or wrist.</li><li>a sharp, distressing strain, as to the feelings.</li><li>a twisting or distortion, as of meaning.</li><li>a tool for gripping and turning or twisting the head of a bolt, a nut, a pipe, or the like, commonly consisting of a bar of metal with fixed or adjustable jaws.</li></ul>