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crank ¹  (krngk)

n.

1. A device for transmitting rotary motion, consisting of a handle or arm attached at right angles to a shaft.

2. A clever turn of speech; a verbal conceit: quips and cranks.

3. A peculiar or eccentric idea or action.

4. Informal

a. A grouchy person.

b. An eccentric person, especially one who is unduly zealous.

5. Slang Methamphetamine.

v. cranked, crank·ing, cranks

v.tr.

1.

a. To start or operate (an engine, for example) by or as if by turning a handle.

b. To move or operate (a window, for example) by or as if by turning a handle.

2. To make into the shape of a crank; bend.

3. To provide with a handle that is used in turning.

v.intr.

1. To turn a handle.

2. To wind in a zigzagging course.

adj.

Of, being, or produced by an eccentric person: a crank letter; a crank phone call.

Phrasal Verbs:

crank out

To produce, especially mechanically and rapidly: cranks out memo after memo.

crank up

1. To cause to start or get started as if by turning a crank: cranked up a massive publicity campaign.

2. To cause to intensify, as in volume or force: cranks up the sound on the stereo.

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[Middle English, from Old English cranc-, as in crancstæf, weaving implement.]

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crank

Noun

1. a device for transmitting or converting motion, consisting of an arm projecting at right angles from a shaft

2. a handle incorporating a crank, used to start an engine or motor

3. Informal an eccentric or odd person

Verb

1. to turn with a crank

2. to start (an engine) with a crank [Old English cranc]

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	crank - a bad-tempered person                 crosspatch, grouch, grump, churl disagreeable person, unpleasant person - a person who is not pleasant or agreeable crabby person, crab - a quarrelsome grouch hothead, fire-eater - a belligerent grouch misanthrope, misanthropist - someone who dislikes people in general
	2.	crank - a whimsically eccentric person crackpot, fruitcake, nut case, screwball, nut eccentric, eccentric person, oddball, flake, geek - a person with an unusual or odd personality
	3.	crank - an amphetamine derivative (trade name Methedrine) used in the form of a crystalline hydrochloride; used as a stimulant to the nervous system and as an appetite suppressant deoxyephedrine, meth, methamphetamine, methamphetamine hydrochloride, Methedrine, shabu, chicken feed, chalk, trash, glass, ice amphetamine, pep pill, upper, speed - a central nervous system stimulant that increases energy and decreases appetite; used to treat narcolepsy and some forms of depression controlled substance - a drug or chemical substance whose possession and use are controlled by law
	4.	crank - a hand tool consisting of a rotating shaft with parallel handle starter crank handle, starting handle - crank used to start an engine hand tool - a tool used with workers' hands
Verb	1.	crank - travel along a zigzag path; "The river zigzags through the countryside" zigzag go, locomote, move, travel - change location; move, travel, or proceed, also metaphorically; "How fast does your new car go?"; "We travelled from Rome to Naples by bus"; "The policemen went from door to door looking for the suspect"; "The soldiers moved towards the city in an attempt to take it before night fell"; "news travelled fast"
	2.	crank - start by cranking; "crank up the engine" crank up start up, start - get going or set in motion; "We simply could not start the engine"; "start up the computer"
	3.	crank - rotate with a crank crank up circumvolve, rotate - cause to turn on an axis or center; "Rotate the handle"
	4.	crank - fasten with a crank fasten, fix, secure - cause to be firmly attached; "fasten the lock onto the door"; "she fixed her gaze on the man"
	5.	crank - bend into the shape of a crank twist, bend, deform, flex, turn - cause (a plastic object) to assume a crooked or angular form; "bend the rod"; "twist the dough into a braid"; "the strong man could turn an iron bar"
Adj.	1.	crank - (used of boats) inclined to heel over easily under sail cranky, 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"

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crank

noun (Informal) eccentric, freak (informal) oddball (informal) weirdo or weirdie (informal) case (informal) character (informal) nut (slang) flake (slang), chiefly U.S. screwball (slang), chiefly U.S., Canad. odd fish (informal) kook U.S., Canad. (informal) queer fish Brit. (informal) rum customer Brit. (slang) wacko or whacko (informal)

Translations

crank [kræŋk] n → manivela;

(person) → chiflado/a

crank [kræŋk] n → manivelle f (= person); excentrique m/f

crank [kræŋk] n → Spinner(in) m(f);

(handle) → Kurbel f

crank [kræŋk] n → manovella;

(person) → persona stramba

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crank

n crank [krӕŋk]

a person with strange or odd ideas. anderste, eksentriek, malkopشَخْصُ شاذ الأطْوارчудакztřeštěnecsærling; underlig fiskwunderlicher Kauzιδιόρρυθμοςchiflado, excéntrico, raroekstsentrikآدم عجیب و غریبeksentrikkoexcentriqueתִּמהוֹנִיधुरी की मोड़čudakkülönceksentriksérvitringureccentrico変人기인, 괴짜keistuolis, ekscentrikassavādnieks; īpatnis; ekscentriķisorang yang anehzonderlingskrue, særlingdziwakexcêntricoexcentricчудакblázončudakčudakexcentrisk individ, originalคนที่มีความคิดประหลาดeksantrik birisi怪人ексцентрична людина, людина з примхамиسنكى، خبطىngười kỳ cục怪人, 奇想

adj ˈcranky

knorrig, nors, lendelamشاذ الأطْوارекцентриченpotrhlý, výstřední; rozmrzelýmærkelig; sær; irritabelwunderlichεκκεντρικόςchiflado, excéntrico, raroekstsentrilineعجیب و غریب؛ غیر طبیعیomituinen, äreäexcentrique; grincheuxמוּזָר, תִּמהוֹנִיढीलाčudan, nesigurannehezen kezelhető; különceksentrikundarlegur; önugureccentrico変わっている괴팍한, 괴짜의keistas, ekscentriškasdīvains; untumainsanehzonderling, gammel, humeuriggretten, eksentriskzbzikowanyexcêntricociudat; arţăgosс причудамиvýstrednýčudaškičudanexcentrisk, underligที่แปลกประหลาดtuhaf古怪的,任性的ексцентричний, примхливийسنكى، خبطى، بد مزاجlạ lùng古怪的,任性的

n ˈcrankiness

andersgeit, knorrigheid, stuursheidشُذوذ الأطْوارексцентричностpotrhlost, výstřednost; rozmrzelostsærheddie Wunderlichkeitεκκεντρικότηταexcentridad, rarezaekstsentrilisusکج خلقیomituisuus, äreysexcentricité; humeur difficileרַגזָנוּתढीलापनklimavost, ćudljivostnehezen kezelhető természet; különcségkeeksentrikansérviska; önuglyndieccentricità風変り괴팍함keistumas, ekscentriškumasdīvainība; untumainībakeanehanzonderlingheid, wrakheid, humeurigheiddet å være gretten/eksentriskzbzikowanieexcentricidadeciudăţenieчудачествоvýstrednosťčudaštvonastranostexcentricitetความแปลกประหลาดtuhaflık古怪ексцентричністьبد مزاجىtính kỳ cục古怪