Word Explorer
Crank
/kɹæŋk/
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.
📖 Definitions of "Crank"
- 1
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.
"I grind my coffee by hand with a coffee grinder with a crank handle."
- 2
The act of converting power into motion, by turning a crankshaft.
"Yes, a crank was all it needed to start."
- 3
Any bend, turn, or winding, as of a passage.
- 4
An ill-tempered or nasty person.
"Billy-Bob is a nasty old crank! He chased my cat away."
- 1
To turn by means of a crank.
"Motorists had to crank their engine by hand."
- 2
To turn a crank.
"He's been cranking all day and yet it refuses to crank."
- 3
(of a crank or similar) To turn.
"He's been cranking all day and yet it refuses to crank."
- 4
To cause to spin via other means, as though turned by a crank.
"Crank it up!"
- 1
Strange, weird, odd.
- 2
Sick; unwell
- 3
(of a ship) Liable to capsize because of poorly stowed cargo or insufficient ballast.
- 4
Full of spirit; brisk; lively; sprightly; overconfident; opinionated.
- 1
A highly addictive phenethylamine stimulant drug, similar to cocaine. Its systematic (IUPAC) name is (S)-N-methyl-1-phenylpropan-2-amine.
Translate “Crank” into Another Language
Pick a language — the word will be pre-filled in the translator.