Definitions from Wiktionary (crank)
▸ adjective: (dialectal) Hard; difficult.
▸ adjective: (informal) Strange; weird; odd.
▸ adjective: (dialectal) Bent; twisted; crooked; distorted; out of repair.
▸ adjective: Sick; unwell.
▸ adjective: (nautical, of a ship) Liable to capsize because of poorly stowed cargo or insufficient ballast.
▸ adjective: Full of spirit; brisk; lively; sprightly; overconfident; opinionated.
▸ noun: (now chiefly dialectal) An ailment, ache.
▸ noun: (informal) An ill-tempered or nasty person.
▸ noun: A twist or turn of the mind; caprice; whim;
▸ noun: A fit of temper or passion.
▸ noun: (informal, British, dated in US) A person who is considered strange or odd by others, and may behave in unconventional ways.
▸ noun: (informal) An amateur in science or other technical subjects who persistently advocates flawed theories.
▸ noun: (archaic, baseball, slang, 1800s) A baseball fan.
▸ noun: (obsolete) A sick person; an invalid.
▸ 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.
▸ noun: The act of converting power into motion, by turning a crankshaft.
▸ noun: (archaic) Any bend, turn, or winding, as of a passage.
▸ noun: (US, slang) Synonym of methamphetamine.
▸ noun: (rare) A twist or turn in speech; word play consisting in a change of the form or meaning of a word.
▸ noun: (slang) The penis.
▸ verb: (transitive) To turn by means of a crank.
▸ verb: (intransitive) To turn a crank.
▸ verb: (intransitive, of a crank or similar) To turn.
▸ verb: (transitive) To cause to spin via other means, as though turned by a crank.
▸ verb: (intransitive) To act in a cranky manner; to behave unreasonably and irritably, especially through complaining.
▸ verb: (intransitive) To be running at a high level of output or effort.
▸ verb: (intransitive, dated) To run with a winding course; to double; to crook; to wind and turn.
▸ noun: A surname.
▸ noun: A small village in Rainford parish, St Helens borough, Merseyside, England (OS grid ref SJ5099).
▸ noun: Clipping of crankshaft. [A rotating shaft that drives (or is driven by) a crank.]
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▸ adjective: (dialectal) Hard; difficult.
▸ adjective: (informal) Strange; weird; odd.
▸ adjective: (dialectal) Bent; twisted; crooked; distorted; out of repair.
▸ adjective: Sick; unwell.
▸ adjective: (nautical, of a ship) Liable to capsize because of poorly stowed cargo or insufficient ballast.
▸ adjective: Full of spirit; brisk; lively; sprightly; overconfident; opinionated.
▸ noun: (now chiefly dialectal) An ailment, ache.
▸ noun: (informal) An ill-tempered or nasty person.
▸ noun: A twist or turn of the mind; caprice; whim;
▸ noun: A fit of temper or passion.
▸ noun: (informal, British, dated in US) A person who is considered strange or odd by others, and may behave in unconventional ways.
▸ noun: (informal) An amateur in science or other technical subjects who persistently advocates flawed theories.
▸ noun: (archaic, baseball, slang, 1800s) A baseball fan.
▸ noun: (obsolete) A sick person; an invalid.
▸ 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.
▸ noun: The act of converting power into motion, by turning a crankshaft.
▸ noun: (archaic) Any bend, turn, or winding, as of a passage.
▸ noun: (US, slang) Synonym of methamphetamine.
▸ noun: (rare) A twist or turn in speech; word play consisting in a change of the form or meaning of a word.
▸ noun: (slang) The penis.
▸ verb: (transitive) To turn by means of a crank.
▸ verb: (intransitive) To turn a crank.
▸ verb: (intransitive, of a crank or similar) To turn.
▸ verb: (transitive) To cause to spin via other means, as though turned by a crank.
▸ verb: (intransitive) To act in a cranky manner; to behave unreasonably and irritably, especially through complaining.
▸ verb: (intransitive) To be running at a high level of output or effort.
▸ verb: (intransitive, dated) To run with a winding course; to double; to crook; to wind and turn.
▸ noun: A surname.
▸ noun: A small village in Rainford parish, St Helens borough, Merseyside, England (OS grid ref SJ5099).
▸ noun: Clipping of crankshaft. [A rotating shaft that drives (or is driven by) a crank.]
▸ Also see crank
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