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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 ²  (krngk)

adj. Nautical

Liable to capsize; unstable.

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[Origin unknown.]

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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

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

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crank [kræŋk] n → Spinner(in) m(f);

(handle) → Kurbel f

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crank [kræŋk] n → manovella;

(person) → persona stramba

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crank

n crank [krӕŋk]

a person with strange or odd ideas. anderste, eksentriek, malkop شَخْصُ شاذ الأطْوار чудак ztřeštěnec særling; underlig fisk wunderlicher Kauz ιδιόρρυθμος chiflado, excéntrico, raro ekstsentrik آدم عجیب و غریب eksentrikko excentrique תִּמהוֹנִי धुरी की मोड़ čudak különc eksentrik sérvitringur eccentrico 変人 기인, 괴짜 keistuolis, ekscentrikas savādnieks; īpatnis; ekscentriķis orang yang aneh zonderling skrue, særling dziwak excêntrico excentric чудак blázon čudak čudak excentrisk individ, original คนที่มีความคิดประหลาด eksantrik birisi 怪人 ексцентрична людина, людина з примхами سنكى، خبطى người kỳ cục 怪人, 奇想

adj cranky

knorrig, nors, lendelam شاذ الأطْوار екцентричен potrhlý, výstřední; rozmrzelý mærkelig; sær; irritabel wunderlich εκκεντρικός chiflado, excéntrico, raro ekstsentriline عجیب و غریب؛ غیر طبیعی omituinen, äreä excentrique; grincheux מוּזָר, תִּמהוֹנִי ढीला čudan, nesiguran nehezen kezelhető; különc eksentrik undarlegur; önugur eccentrico 変わっている 괴팍한, 괴짜의 keistas, ekscentriškas dīvains; untumains aneh zonderling, gammel, humeurig gretten, eksentrisk zbzikowany excêntrico ciudat; arţăgos с причудами výstredný čudaški čudan excentrisk, underlig ที่แปลกประหลาด tuhaf 古怪的,任性的 ексцентричний, примхливий سنكى، خبطى، بد مزاج lạ lùng 古怪的,任性的

n crankiness

andersgeit, knorrigheid, stuursheid شُذوذ الأطْوار ексцентричност potrhlost, výstřednost; rozmrzelost særhed die Wunderlichkeit εκκεντρικότητα excentridad, rareza ekstsentrilisus کج خلقی omituisuus, äreys excentricité; humeur difficile רַגזָנוּת ढीलापन klimavost, ćudljivost nehezen kezelhető természet; különcség keeksentrikan sérviska; önuglyndi eccentricità 風変り 괴팍함 keistumas, ekscentriškumas dīvainība; untumainība keanehan zonderlingheid, wrakheid, humeurigheid det å være gretten/eksentrisk zbzikowanie excentricidade ciudăţenie чудачество výstrednosť čudaštvo nastranost excentricitet ความแปลกประหลาด tuhaflık 古怪 ексцентричність بد مزاجى tính kỳ cục 古怪