wrinch
English
editEtymology 1
editProbably an alteration of wrench.
Verb
editwrinch (third-person singular simple present wrinches, present participle wrinching, simple past and past participle wrinched)
- (Bermuda, intransitive) To complain or grouse about.
- 2015 May 28, Christopher Famous, “Giving credit where credit is due”, in The Royal Gazette[1], archived from the original on 2022-12-11:
- I write this to say that often, far too often, we wrinch about a business or we wrinch about “Bermudians' poor customer service”. Yet in the midst of the wrinching, we forget to acknowledge when we receive excellent service.
- (Bermuda, transitive) To scold.
Etymology 2
editVerb
editwrinch (third-person singular simple present wrinches, present participle wrinching, simple past and past participle wrinched)
References
edit- “wrinch”, in OED Online , Oxford, Oxfordshire: Oxford University Press, launched 2000.
- “wrinch”, in OED Online , Oxford, Oxfordshire: Oxford University Press, launched 2000.