crank
crank
krÃĻnk
krānk
/kɚˈÃĻŋk/

āχāĻ‚āϰ⧇āϜāĻŋāϤ⧇ "crank"āĻāϰ āϏāĻ‚āĻœā§āĻžāĻž āĻ“ āĻ…āĻ°ā§āĻĨ

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āĻ•ā§āĻ°ā§āϝāĻžāĻ™ā§āĻ•, āĻ•ā§āĻ°ā§āϝāĻžāĻ™ā§āĻ• āĻļā§āϝāĻžāĻĢā§āϟ

a device that allows movement between mechanical parts of a machine or converts backward and forward motion into circular movement
crank definition and meaning
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
The crank mechanism in the machine allowed for precise control of the rotational speed.
āĻŽā§‡āĻļāĻŋāύ⧇ āĻ•ā§āĻ°ā§āϝāĻžāĻ™ā§āĻ• āĻĒā§āϰāĻ•ā§āϰāĻŋāϝāĻŧāĻžāϟāĻŋ āĻ˜ā§‚āĻ°ā§āĻŖāύ āĻ—āϤāĻŋāϰ āϏāĻ āĻŋāĻ• āύāĻŋāϝāĻŧāĻ¨ā§āĻ¤ā§āϰāĻŖ āϏāĻŽā§āĻ­āĻŦ āĻ•āϰ⧇āĻ›āĻŋāϞāĨ¤
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āĻ…āĻĻā§āϭ⧁āϤ āĻŦā§āϝāĻ•ā§āϤāĻŋ, āĻŦāĻŋāϚāĻŋāĻ¤ā§āϰ āĻŽāĻžāύ⧁āώ

an unconventional person
crank definition and meaning
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
The inventor was a crank who loved peculiar experiments.
āωāĻĻā§āĻ­āĻžāĻŦāĻ• āĻ›āĻŋāϞ⧇āύ āĻāĻ•āϜāύ āĻ…āĻĻā§āϭ⧁āϤ āĻŦā§āϝāĻ•ā§āϤāĻŋ āϝāĻŋāύāĻŋ āĻ…āĻĻā§āϭ⧁āϤ āĻĒāϰ⧀āĻ•ā§āώāĻž-āύāĻŋāϰ⧀āĻ•ā§āώāĻž āĻĒāĻ›āĻ¨ā§āĻĻ āĻ•āϰāϤ⧇āύāĨ¤
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āĻŽā§‡āĻĨāĻžāĻŽāĻĢ⧇āϟāĻžāĻŽāĻŋāύ, āĻ•ā§āĻ°ā§āϝāĻžāĻ™ā§āĻ•

methamphetamine, typically in powdered or crystalline form, often used recreationally
Slang
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
Some people snort crank to stay awake and alert.
āĻ•āĻŋāϛ⧁ āĻŽāĻžāύ⧁āώ āϜāĻžāĻ—ā§āϰāϤ āĻāĻŦāĻ‚ āϏāϤāĻ°ā§āĻ• āĻĨāĻžāĻ•āĻžāϰ āϜāĻ¨ā§āϝ āĻ•ā§āĻ°ā§āϝāĻžāĻ™ā§āĻ• āĻļ⧁āρāϕ⧇āĨ¤
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āĻ–āĻŋāϟāĻ–āĻŋāĻŸā§‡ āĻŦā§āϝāĻ•ā§āϤāĻŋ, āĻŦāĻĻāĻŽā§‡āϜāĻžāϜāĻŋ

a person who is easily irritated or bad-tempered
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
The crank complained about every minor inconvenience.
āĻ–āĻŋāϟāĻ–āĻŋāĻŸā§‡ āĻŦā§āϝāĻ•ā§āϤāĻŋ āĻĒā§āϰāϤāĻŋāϟāĻŋ āϛ⧋āϟ āĻ…āϏ⧁āĻŦāĻŋāϧāĻž āϏāĻŽā§āĻĒāĻ°ā§āϕ⧇ āĻ…āĻ­āĻŋāϝ⧋āĻ— āĻ•āϰāϤāĨ¤
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āĻ˜ā§‹āϰāĻžāύ⧋, āϚāĻžāϞāĻžāύ⧋

to rotate, turn, or operate using a crank handle
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
She cranked the old car engine to start it.
āϤāĻŋāύāĻŋ āĻĒ⧁āϰāĻžāύ⧋ āĻ—āĻžāĻĄāĻŧāĻŋāϰ āχāĻžā§āϜāĻŋāύ āϚāĻžāϞ⧁ āĻ•āϰāϤ⧇ āĻ•ā§āĻ°ā§āϝāĻžāĻ™ā§āĻ• āĻ•āϰāϞ⧇āύāĨ¤
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āĻŦāĻžāρāĻ•āĻžāύ⧋, āύāϤ āĻ•āϰāĻž

to bend, twist, or shape something into the form of a crank
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
Blacksmiths cranked the iron bars for the mechanism.
āĻ•āĻžāĻŽāĻžāϰāϰāĻž āϝāĻ¨ā§āĻ¤ā§āϰ⧇āϰ āϜāĻ¨ā§āϝ āϞ⧋āĻšāĻžāϰ āϰāĻĄ āĻŦāĻžāρāĻ•āĻŋāϝāĻŧ⧇āĻ›āĻŋāϞāĨ¤
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āĻ•ā§āĻ°ā§āϝāĻžāĻ™ā§āĻ• āĻĻāĻŋāϝāĻŧ⧇ āĻļāĻ•ā§āϤ āĻ•āϰāĻž, āĻ•ā§āĻ°ā§āϝāĻžāĻ™ā§āĻ• āĻĻāĻŋāϝāĻŧ⧇ āύāĻŋāϰāĻžāĻĒāĻĻ āĻ•āϰāĻž

to fasten or secure using a crank mechanism
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
They cranked the winch to tighten the cable.
āϤāĻžāϰāĻž āϕ⧇āĻŦāϞ āϟāĻžāύāϤ⧇ āωāχāĻžā§āϚ āĻ•ā§āĻ°ā§āϝāĻžāĻ™ā§āĻ• āĻ•āϰ⧇āĻ›āĻŋāϞāĨ¤
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āĻ•ā§āĻ°ā§āϝāĻžāĻ™ā§āĻ• āĻĻāĻŋāϝāĻŧ⧇ āϚāĻžāϞ⧁ āĻ•āϰāĻž, āĻšāĻžāϤ āĻĻāĻŋāϝāĻŧ⧇ āϘ⧁āϰāĻŋāϝāĻŧ⧇ āϚāĻžāϞ⧁ āĻ•āϰāĻž

to start an engine or device by turning a crank
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
The old generator had to be cranked manually.
āĻĒ⧁āϰāĻžāύ⧋ āĻœā§‡āύāĻžāϰ⧇āϟāϰāϕ⧇ āĻŽā§āϝāĻžāύ⧁āϝāĻŧāĻžāϞāĻŋ āĻ•ā§āĻ°ā§āϝāĻžāĻ™ā§āĻ• āĻ•āϰāϤ⧇ āĻšāϤ⧋āĨ¤
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āĻŦāĻžāρāĻ•āĻžāύ⧋, āϘ⧁āϰāĻĒāĻĨ⧇ āϚāϞāĻž

to travel, move, or progress along a zigzag or winding path
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
The road cranked through the hills.
āϰāĻžāĻ¸ā§āϤāĻžāϟāĻŋ āĻĒāĻžāĻšāĻžāĻĄāĻŧ⧇āϰ āĻŽāĻžāĻ āĻĻāĻŋāϝāĻŧ⧇ āĻŦāĻžāρāĻ• āύāĻŋāϝāĻŧ⧇ āϚāϞāĻ›āĻŋāϞāĨ¤
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āĻ…āĻ¸ā§āĻĨāĻŋāϰ, āϏāĻšāĻœā§‡āχ āĻšā§‡āϞ⧇ āĻĒāĻĄāĻŧāĻž

(of a boat) tending to heel, tip, or lean over easily under sail
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
Crank boats are more likely to capsize if not balanced properly.
āĻ•ā§āĻ°ā§āϝāĻžāĻ™ā§āĻ• āύ⧌āĻ•āĻžāϗ⧁āϞāĻŋ āϏāĻ āĻŋāĻ•āĻ­āĻžāĻŦ⧇ āĻ­āĻžāϰāϏāĻžāĻŽā§āϝ āύāĻž āĻĨāĻžāĻ•āϞ⧇ āωāĻ˛ā§āĻŸā§‡ āϝāĻžāĻ“āϝāĻŧāĻžāϰ āϏāĻŽā§āĻ­āĻžāĻŦāύāĻž āĻŦ⧇āĻļāĻŋāĨ¤

āĻļāĻŦā§āĻĻāϤāĻžāĻ¤ā§āĻ¤ā§āĻŦāĻŋāĻ• āĻ—āĻžāĻ›

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āĻ…ā§āϝāĻžāĻĒ āĻĄāĻžāωāύāϞ⧋āĻĄ āĻ•āϰ⧁āύ