Definition of "crank"
- adjective
Strange, weird, odd.
Liable to capsize because of poorly stowed cargo, or because of insufficient ballast.
- 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.
The act of converting power into motion, by turning a crankshaft.
Any bend, turn, or winding, as of a passage.
An ill-tempered or nasty person.
A person who is considered strange or odd by others. They may behave in unconventional ways.
An advocate of a pseudoscience movement.
Methamphetamine.
A twist or turn in speech; a conceit consisting in a change of the form or meaning of a word.
- verb
To turn by means of a crank.
To turn a crank.
To turn.
To cause to spin via other means, as though turned by a crank.
To act in a cranky manner; to behave unreasonably and irritably, especially through complaining.
To be running at a high level of output or effort.
To run with a winding course; to double; to crook; to wind and turn.
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