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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



... express himself—" She broke off, and turned her head ungraciously toward the sounder, which seemed to be repeating something over and over with a good deal of insistence. "That's Shoshone calling," she said, frowning attentively. "They've got an old crank up there in the office—I'd know his touch among a million—and when he calls he means business. I'll have to speak up, I suppose." She sighed, tucked a chocolate into her cheek, and went scowling to the table. "Can't the idiot see ...
— Good Indian • B. M. Bower
... considerable time under great apprehension of foundering. On the 20th we could not see the Success; and this storm so terrified the greatest part of the crew, that seventy of them were resolved to bear away for England, alleging that the ship was so very crank she would never be able to carry us to the South Sea. But by the resolution of the officers they were brought back ...
— A General History and Collection of Voyages and Travels, Volume X • Robert Kerr
... contrary, Sam does not appreciate you at all. He regards you as an erratic philanthropist with a crank for assisting ...
— Christopher Hibbault, Roadmaker • Marguerite Bryant
... called at the Ehrich's that afternoon, and no one could have been more charming, more neighborly than he. He told of our first meeting, smilingly called me "a Henry George crank," and referred to other differences which existed between us. "Differences which do not in the least interfere with our friendship," he assured Zulime. "Your husband, for example, doesn't believe in hunting, and has always stood ...
— A Daughter of the Middle Border • Hamlin Garland
... Occasionally, when a sparrow hopped in his direction, he would make a sudden spring, and the bird would fly away to the other side of the lawn. I had never seen Edwin catch a sparrow. I believe they looked on him as a bit of a crank, and humoured him by coming within springing distance, just to keep him amused. Dashing young cock-sparrows would show off before their particular hen-sparrows, and earn a cheap reputation for dare-devilry by going within so many years ...
— Love Among the Chickens • P. G. Wodehouse


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