ALL meanings of crank
crank
C c - countable noun crank If you call someone a crank, you think their ideas or behaviour are strange. 3
- countable noun crank A crank is a device that you turn in order to make something move. 3
- verb crank If you crank an engine or machine, you make it move or function, especially by turning a handle. 3
- noun crank a device for communicating motion or for converting reciprocating motion into rotary motion or vice versa. It consists of an arm projecting from a shaft, often with a second member attached to it parallel to the shaft 3
- noun crank a handle incorporating a crank, used to start an engine or motor 3
- noun crank an eccentric or odd person, esp someone who stubbornly maintains unusual views 3
- noun crank a bad-tempered person 3
- verb crank to rotate (a shaft) by means of a crank 3
- verb crank to start (an engine, motor, etc) by means of a crank handle 3
- verb crank to bend, twist, or make into the shape of a crank 3
- verb crank to twist or wind 3
- adjective crank (of a sailing vessel) easily keeled over by the wind; tender 3
- noun crank a handle or arm bent at right angles and connected to a shaft of a machine, used to transmit motion or to change rotary motion into reciprocating motion, or vice versa 3
- noun crank a person who has odd, stubborn notions about something; eccentric 3
- noun crank an irritable, complaining person; cranky person 3
- noun crank a bend or turn 3
- noun crank a fanciful or unusual turn of speech or thought; conceit 3
- noun crank a queer or fantastic action or idea; whim; caprice 3
- verb transitive crank to form into the shape of a crank 3
- verb transitive crank to start or operate by means of a crank 3
- verb transitive crank to provide with a crank 3
- intransitive verb crank to turn a crank, as in starting an engine or operating a device 3
- intransitive verb crank to wind and twist; zigzag 3
- adjective crank cranky (sense 5) 3
- adjective crank loose and shaky 3
- adjective crank high-spirited; lively 3
- abbreviation CRANK cocky 3
- noun crank A crank is an arm attached to a shaft that carries a handle or pedal parallel to the shaft. 3
- noun crank A crank is a device for transferring motion from one part to another or for changing one type of motion to another. It consists of an arm sticking out from a shaft. 3
- noun Definition of crank in Technology (Automotive slang) Verb used to describe the performance of a machine, especially sustained performance. "This box cranks (or, cranks at) about 6 megaflops, with a burst mode of twice that on vectorised operations." 1
- noun crank Turn the crankshaft of (an internal combustion engine), typically in order to start the engine. 1
- noun crank a crank vessel. 1
- verb with object crank to bend into or make in the shape of a crank. 1
- verb with object crank to furnish with a crank. 1
- verb with object crank Machinery. to rotate (a shaft) by means of a crank. 1
- verb with object crank to start (an internal-combustion engine) by turning the crankshaft manually or by means of a small motor. 1
- verb with object crank to start the engine of (a motor vehicle) by turning the crankshaft manually. 1
- verb without object crank to turn a crank, as in starting an automobile engine. 1
- verb without object crank Obsolete. to turn and twist; zigzag. 1
- adjective crank lively; high-spirited. 1
- transitive verb crank handle: rotate 1
- transitive verb crank engine: start 1
- noun crank handle 1
- noun crank bad-tempered person 1
- noun crank person: with odd ideas 1
- noun crank drug: methamphetamine 1
- noun crank 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. 0
- noun crank The act of converting power into motion, by turning a crankshaft. 0
- noun crank (archaic) Any bend, turn, or winding, as of a passage. 0
- noun crank (Informal) An ill-tempered or nasty person. 0