Cranky the crane

crank·y¹ (kr

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adj. crank·i·er, crank·i·est

1. Having a bad disposition; peevish.

2. Having eccentric ways; odd.

3. Full of bends and turns; crooked: a cranky mountain road.

4. Working unpredictably; erratic: a cranky old truck.

5. Rickety; loose.

cranki·ly adv.

cranki·ness n.

crank·y² (kr

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adj. crank·i·er, crank·i·est Nautical

Liable to capsize.

cranky¹

adj crankier, crankiest

1. Informal eccentric

2. Chiefly US, Canadian, and Irish informal fussy and bad-tempered

3. shaky; out of order

4. full of bends and turns

5. Dialect unwell

crankily adv

crankiness n

cranky²

adj crankier, crankiest

(Transport / Nautical Terms) Nautical another word for crank²

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Adj.	1.	cranky - (used of boats) inclined to heel over easily under sail crank, tippy, tender boat - a small vessel for travel on water unstable - lacking stability or fixity or firmness; "unstable political conditions"; "the tower proved to be unstable in the high wind"; "an unstable world economy"
	2.	cranky - easily irritated or annoyed; "an incorrigibly fractious young man"; "not the least nettlesome of his countrymen" peevish, pettish, petulant, irritable, techy, testy, tetchy, nettlesome, peckish, scratchy, fractious ill-natured - having an irritable and unpleasant disposition

cranky

adjective (U.S., Canad., & Irish informal) eccentric, wacky (slang), oddball (informal), freakish, odd, strange, funny (informal), out there (slang), bizarre, peculiar, queer (informal), rum (Brit. slang), quirky, idiosyncratic, off-the-wall (slang), freaky (slang), outré, wacko or whacko (informal) Vegetarianism has shed its cranky image.

Translations

cranky [ˈkræŋkɪ] ADJ (crankier (compar) (crankiest (superl))) (= strange) [idea, person] → excéntrico (US) (= bad-tempered) → malhumorado, enojón(LAm)

cranky [ˈkræŋki] adj

(= eccentric) [idea] → excentrique, loufoque

(US) (= bad-tempered) → grincheux/euse, revêche

cranky

adj (+er)

(= eccentric) → verrückt

(esp US: = bad-tempered) → griesgrämig

cranky [ˈkræŋkɪ] adj (-ier (comp) (-iest (superl))) (strange, ideas, people) → eccentrico/a, strambo/a
to be cranky (bad-tempered) → avere i nervi

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Kids will be transfixed as Cranky the crane gets very grumpy when he's trapped in the company of Salty the talkative Dockyard Diesel

FREE BOOK TODAY; OUR FANTASTIC THOMAS & FRIENDS COLLECTION CONTINUES ... by The Mirror (London, England)

Although we were deluged with icy rain every half an hour, the weather was incredibly dynamic and a rainbow almost cheered up Cranky the crane.

Thomas at home in his own Manor; Days Out GRAHAM YOUNG VISITS THOMAS ... by Birmingham Mail (England)

This is Europe's first and only Thomas Land and boasts 12 themed rides based on the lovable and well-known characters, including Harold the Helicopter, Cranky the Crane and The Troublesome Trucks.

All aboard for festive fun! Family Day Out DRAYTON MANOR THEME PARK ... by Coventry Evening Telegraph (England)

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