wrench react

verb

to express disapproval by sending a wrench emoji (🔧) reaction.

Meanings

verbwrench react (third-person singular simple present wrench reacts, present participle wrench reacting, simple past and past participle wrench reacted)

present singular third person wrench reacts · participle present wrench reacting · participle past wrench reacted · past wrench reacted · alternative wrench-react

  1. Internethumorousintransitiveoftento express disapproval by sending a wrench emoji (🔧) reaction.

    don't you fucking wrench react me I'm literally ugly

    2023 September 21, Julia (@julia@eepy.moe), “Archived copy”, in Eepy Moe, archived from the original on 17 Apr 2026
    2 more examples

    […] was about to wrench react this but tbh if you're having fun, good for you

    2025 May 9, alina🐾💖✨🏳️⚧️ (@alina@girldick.gay), “Archived copy”, in girldick.gay, archived from the original on 18 Apr 2026

    hey, where can I wrench-react the German government?

    2025 November 18, @awoo@gts.apicrim.es, gts.apicrim.es, archived from the original on 17 Apr 2026
nounwrench react (plural wrench reacts)

plural wrench reacts · alternative wrench-react

  1. InternethumorousoftenA wrench emoji (🔧) reaction, used to express disapproval.

    […] wrench react is roughly equivalent to saying "bad post /laughing /in like the same way a good pun is bad"

    [2026 January 3, Tay (@tay@transfem.social), TransFem Space, archived from the original on 18 Apr 2026
    1 more example

    […] a wrench react is basically the fedi equivalent of a thumbs down or a downvote. It stemmed from someone using it in a serious manner, as in "you are a fucking tool" but over time it became watered down with jokes and now it’s used as like "delete this" in an entirely light hearted joking fashion. My disruption to the wrenches… well.

    [2024 August 17, Amber (@puppygirlhornypost@transfem.social), “Archived copy”, in TransFem Space, archived from the original on 17 Apr 2026
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APA

wrench react. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/wrench%20react

MLA

“wrench react.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/wrench%20react. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “wrench react,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/wrench%20react.

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