CRANK
/kษนรฆลk/
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Definition
/kษนรฆลk/
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.“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.“Yes, a crank was all it needed to start.”
- Any bend, turn, or winding, as of a passage.
- An ill-tempered or nasty person.“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.“Motorists had to crank their engine by hand.”
- To turn a crank.“He's been cranking all day and yet it refuses to crank.”
- (of a crank or similar) To turn.“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.“Crank it up!”
- To act in a cranky manner; to behave unreasonably and irritably, especially through complaining.“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: Wiktionary
