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Meaning of crank
noun
- 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. Example: I grind my coffee by hand with a coffee grinder with a crank handle.
- The act of converting power into motion, by turning a crankshaft. Example: Yes, a crank was all it needed to start.
- Any bend, turn, or winding, as of a passage.
- An ill-tempered or nasty person. Example: Billy-Bob is a nasty old crank! He chased my cat away.
- A twist or turn of the mind; caprice; whim;
verb
- To turn by means of a crank. Example: Motorists had to crank their engine by hand.
- To turn a crank. Example: He's been cranking all day and yet it refuses to crank.
- (of a crank or similar) To turn. Example: He's been cranking all day and yet it refuses to crank.
- To cause to spin via other means, as though turned by a crank. Example: Crank it up!
- To act in a cranky manner; to behave unreasonably and irritably, especially through complaining. Example: Quit cranking about your spilt milk!
adjective
- Strange, weird, odd.
- Sick; unwell
- (of a ship) Liable to capsize because of poorly stowed cargo or insufficient ballast.
- Full of spirit; brisk; lively; sprightly; overconfident; opinionated.
noun
- A highly addictive phenethylamine stimulant drug, similar to cocaine. Its systematic (IUPAC) name is (S)-N-methyl-1-phenylpropan-2-amine.
Source: Free Dictionary API.
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