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Crank   /kræŋk/   Listen
Crank

noun
1.
A bad-tempered person.  Synonyms: churl, crosspatch, grouch, grump.
2.
A whimsically eccentric person.  Synonyms: crackpot, fruitcake, nut, nut case, screwball.
3.
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.  Synonyms: chalk, chicken feed, deoxyephedrine, glass, ice, meth, methamphetamine, methamphetamine hydrochloride, Methedrine, shabu, trash.
4.
A hand tool consisting of a rotating shaft with parallel handle.  Synonym: starter.
verb
1.
Travel along a zigzag path.  Synonym: zigzag.
2.
Start by cranking.  Synonym: crank up.
3.
Rotate with a crank.  Synonym: crank up.
4.
Fasten with a crank.
5.
Bend into the shape of a crank.
adjective
1.
(used of boats) inclined to heel over easily under sail.  Synonyms: cranky, tender, tippy.



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"Crank" Quotes from Famous Books



... of streets and of public places burst upon my comprehension. I could see our host looking upward, his strong white teeth flashing in an ingratiating fascinating smile, his right arm revolving with the crank of his organ, his little brown monkey with the red coat ...
— Gold • Stewart White
... were looking the Great Panjandrum Himself, with his little round button-at-the-top on his head, was turning a crank in the side of the wonderful Pantoscopticon, which had a hopper on the top of it like that of an old-fashioned coffee-mill. As he turned he kept ...
— Queer Stories for Boys and Girls • Edward Eggleston
... loves, of course! My neighbor's a sort of crank and insisted on expressing himself in this way. Come, I want you to see two ...
— The Foolish Virgin • Thomas Dixon
... men make mistakes by steering shy of cranks. The so- called crank is the easiest man to approach, if only you go at ...
— Tales of the Road • Charles N. Crewdson
... up, I never pick any of them out as samples for strangers. But to the question,—well, let's run him over once, if he won't be mad: high cheek bones, showing him enough of the Indian make to be a good hunter; a crank, steady eye, indicating honest motives, and a good resolution, that won't allow a man to rest easy till his object is carried out; and lastly, a well-put-together, wiry frame, to bear fatigues, and do the work which so large a head must ...
— Gaut Gurley • D. P. Thompson


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