crank
/kɹæŋk/IPA: /K R AE1 NG K/
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A bent piece of an axle or shaft, or an attached arm perpendicular, or nearly so, to the end of a shaft or wheel, used to impart a rotation to a wheel or other mechanical device; also used to change circular into reciprocating motion, or reciprocating into circular motion.
“I grind my coffee by hand with a coffee grinder with a crank handle.”
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The act of converting power into motion, by turning a crankshaft.
“Yes, a crank was all it needed to start.”
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Any bend, turn, or winding, as of a passage.
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An ill-tempered or nasty person.
“Billy-Bob is a nasty old crank! He chased my cat away.”
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A twist or turn of the mind; caprice; whim;
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A fit of temper or passion.
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(1800s) A baseball fan.
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An advocate of a pseudoscience movement.
“That crank next door thinks he’s created cold fusion in his garage.”
syn:crackpot - 10
A twist or turn in speech; word play consisting in a change of the form or meaning of a word.
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A sick person; an invalid.
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To turn by means of a crank.
“Motorists had to crank their engine by hand.”
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To turn a crank.
“He's been cranking all day and yet it refuses to crank.”
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(of a crank or similar) To turn.
“He's been cranking all day and yet it refuses to crank.”
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To cause to spin via other means, as though turned by a crank.
“Crank it up!”
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To act in a cranky manner; to behave unreasonably and irritably, especially through complaining.
“Quit cranking about your spilt milk!”
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To be running at a high level of output or effort.
“By one hour into the shift, the boys were really cranking.”
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To run with a winding course; to double; to crook; to wind and turn.
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A highly addictive phenethylamine stimulant drug, similar to cocaine. Its systematic (IUPAC) name is (S)-N-methyl-1-phenylpropan-2-amine.
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