Associations to the word «Crank»

CRANK, adjective. (slang) strange, weird, odd

CRANK, adjective. Sick; unwell; infirm

CRANK, adjective. (nautical) (of a ship) Liable to capsize because of poorly stowed cargo or insufficient ballast.

CRANK, adjective. Full of spirit; brisk; lively; sprightly; overconfident; opinionated.

CRANK, 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.

CRANK, noun. The act of converting power into motion, by turning a crankshaft.

CRANK, noun. (archaic) Any bend, turn, or winding, as of a passage.

CRANK, noun. (informal) An ill-tempered or nasty person

CRANK, noun. A twist or turn of the mind; caprice; whim; crotchet; also, a fit of temper or passion.

CRANK, noun. (informal) (British) (dated in US) A person who is considered strange or odd by others. They may behave in unconventional ways.

CRANK, noun. (informal) An advocate of a pseudoscience movement.

CRANK, noun. (US) (slang) methamphetamine.

CRANK, noun. (rare) A twist or turn in speech; a conceit consisting in a change of the form or meaning of a word.

CRANK, noun. (obsolete) A sick person; an invalid.

CRANK, noun. (slang) penis.

CRANK, verb. (transitive) To turn by means of a crank.

CRANK, verb. (intransitive) To turn a crank.

CRANK, verb. (intransitive) (of a crank or similar) To turn.

CRANK, verb. (transitive) To cause to spin via other means, as though turned by a crank.

CRANK, verb. (intransitive) To act in a cranky manner; to behave unreasonably and irritably, especially through complaining.

CRANK, verb. (intransitive) To be running at a high level of output or effort.

CRANK, verb. (intransitive) (dated) To run with a winding course; to double; to crook; to wind and turn.

CRANK ANGLE, noun. (motors) The angle of rotation of a crankshaft measured from the position in which the piston is at its highest point known as top dead center (TDC).

CRANK ANGLE DEGREE, noun. A unit (equal to one "ordinary" degree) used to measure the piston travel (position) e.g. to adjust ignition. When the piston is at its highest point, known as the top dead center (TDC), the crankshaft angle (crank angle) is at 0 crank angle degrees (CAD).

CRANK ANGLE DEGREES, noun. Plural of crank angle degree

CRANK ANGLES, noun. Plural of crank angle

CRANK CALL, noun. Prank call

CRANK CALLER, noun. Someone who makes a crank call.

CRANK OUT, verb. (idiomatic) To produce in large volumes mechanically or as if by machine.

CRANK SCIENCE, noun. (pejorative) Pseudo-science; activity which appears to be science-like but is not founded on proper scientific methods.

CRANK UP, verb. To start something mechanical, an act that often used to involve cranking.

CRANK UP, verb. (idiomatic) To increase, as the volume, power or energy of something.

CRANK UPED, verb. Simple past tense and past participle of crank up

CRANK, noun. A bad-tempered person.

CRANK, noun. A whimsically eccentric person.

CRANK, noun. 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.

CRANK, noun. A hand tool consisting of a rotating shaft with parallel handle.

CRANK, verb. Travel along a zigzag path; "The river zigzags through the countryside".

CRANK, verb. Start by cranking; "crank up the engine".

CRANK, verb. Rotate with a crank.

CRANK, verb. Fasten with a crank.

CRANK, verb. Bend into the shape of a crank.

CRANK, adjective. (used of boats) inclined to heel over easily under sail.