Definitions for crank
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Princeton's WordNet(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition:

1. grouch, grump, crank, churl, crosspatchnoun

   a bad-tempered person

2. crackpot, crank, nut, nut case, fruitcake, screwballnoun

   a whimsically eccentric person

3. methamphetamine, methamphetamine hydrochloride, Methedrine, meth, deoxyephedrine, chalk, chicken feed, crank, glass, ice, shabu, trashnoun

   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

4. crank, starteradjective

   a hand tool consisting of a rotating shaft with parallel handle

5. crank, cranky, tender, tippyverb

   (used of boats) inclined to heel over easily under sail

6. zigzag, crankverb

   travel along a zigzag path

   "The river zigzags through the countryside"

7. crank, crank upverb

   start by cranking

   "crank up the engine"

8. crank, crank upverb

   rotate with a crank

9. crankverb

   fasten with a crank

10. crankverb

    bend into the shape of a crank

Wiktionary(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition:

1. cranknoun

   A bent piece of an axle, or shaft, or an arm attached at right angles to the end of a shaft or wheel, used to impart a circular action to a wheel or other mechanical device and create power; also used to change circular into reciprocating motion, or reciprocating into circular motion.

   Use the crank on the motorcycle and go for a ride.

2. cranknoun

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

   Yes, a crank was all it needed to start.

3. cranknoun

   Any bend, turn, or winding, as of a passage.

4. cranknoun

   An ill-tempered or nasty person

   Billy-Bob is a nasty, old crank! He chased my cat away.

5. cranknoun

   methamphetamine.

   Danny got abscesses from shooting all that bathtub crank.

6. cranknoun

   A person who is considered strange or odd by others. They may behave in unconventional ways.

   John is a crank because he talks to himself.

7. cranknoun

   A twist or turn in speech; a conceit consisting in a change of the form or meaning of a word.

8. cranknoun

   A ship which, because of insufficient or poorly stowed ballast or cargo, is in danger of overturning.

9. crankverb

   To turn a crank.

10. crankverb

    To cause to spin via other means, as though turned by a crank.

    I turn the key and crank the engine; yet it doesn't turn over

11. crankverb

    To act in a cranky manner; to behave unreasonably and irritably, especially through complaining.

    Quit cranking about your spilt milk!

12. crankverb

    To produce or present a desired object.

    Crank out the beer!

13. crankverb

    To run with a winding course; to double; to crook; to wind and turn.

14. crankadjective

    Strange, weird, odd.

Webster Dictionary(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition:

1. Cranknoun

   a bent portion of an axle, or shaft, or an arm keyed at right angles to the end of a shaft, by which motion is imparted to or received from it; also used to change circular into reciprocating motion, or reciprocating into circular motion. See Bell crank

2. Cranknoun

   any bend, turn, or winding, as of a passage

3. Cranknoun

   a twist or turn in speech; a conceit consisting in a change of the form or meaning of a word

4. Cranknoun

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

5. Cranknoun

   a person full of crotchets; one given to fantastic or impracticable projects; one whose judgment is perverted in respect to a particular matter

6. Cranknoun

   a sick person; an invalid

7. Cranknoun

   sick; infirm

8. Cranknoun

   liable to careen or be overset, as a ship when she is too narrow, or has not sufficient ballast, or is loaded too high, to carry full sail

9. Cranknoun

   full of spirit; brisk; lively; sprightly; overconfident; opinionated

10. Cranknoun

    to run with a winding course; to double; to crook; to wind and turn

11. Etymology: [See Crank, n.]

Freebase(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition:

1. Crank

   Crank is a 2006 American action film written and directed by Mark Neveldine and Brian Taylor and starring Jason Statham, Amy Smart, Jose Pablo Cantillo, Efren Ramirez and Dwight Yoakam. The plot centers on a British hitman in Los Angeles named Chev Chelios who is poisoned and must keep his adrenaline flowing constantly in order to keep himself alive, and in so doing causes mayhem, gets into fights with other gangsters, has altercations with the police, and takes numerous drugs. The title of the film comes from the slang word for methamphetamine. Produced and distributed by Lakeshore Entertainment and Lions Gate Films, it was released in the United States on September 1, 2006 in 2,515 theaters. The film was generally well received.

Chambers 20th Century Dictionary(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition:

1. Crank

   krangk, n. a crook or bend: a conceit in speech: a whim: (mach.) a lever or arm on a shaft, driven by hand or by a connecting-rod, its object being to convert reciprocating motion into rotary motion.—v.i. to move in a zizag manner.—v.t. to shape like a crank: to provide with a crank.—adj. crooked: crabbed: loose or slack.—adv. Crank′ily.—n. Crank′iness.—adj. Crank′y, crooked: infirm: full of whims: cross. [M. E. kranke—A.S. crincan, to yield; cf. Ger. krank.]

2. Crank

   krangk, adj. brisk: merry. [Origin unknown.]

3. Crank

   krangk, Crank-sided, krangk-sī′ded, adj. (naut.) liable to be upset—n. Crank′ness, liability to be upset. [Ety. uncertain.]

The New Hacker's Dictionary(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition:

1. crank

   [from 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 vectorized operations.”

Dictionary of Nautical Terms(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition:

1. crank

   A vessel, by her construction or her stowage, inclined to lean over a great deal, or from insufficient ballast or cargo incapable of carrying sail, without danger of overturning. The opposite term is stiff, or the quality of standing well up to her canvas.--Cranky expresses a foolish capriciousness. Ships built too deep in proportion to their breadth are notoriously crank.--Crank by the ground, is a ship whose floor is so narrow that she cannot be brought on the ground without danger.

Rap Dictionary(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition:

1. cranknoun/verb/adverb/adj

   It can mean anything you want it to mean, in any circumstance.

2. cranknoun/verb/adverb/adj

   Damn cave bitch tried to Crank me -- Jordan

3. cranknoun/verb/adverb/adj

   That shit was Crank -- Jordan

4. cranknoun/verb/adverb/adj

   That was the Crankest thing ever, it was so tight. -- Brad

Etymology and Origins(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition:

1. Crank

   One whose notions of things are angular, eccentric, or crooked. His ideas do not run in a straight line.

Matched Categories

1. • Amphetamine
   • Bend
   • Controlled Substance
   • Eccentric
   • Fasten
   • Move
   • Start

How to pronounce crank?

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Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of crank in Chaldean Numerology is: 4

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of crank in Pythagorean Numerology is: 2

Examples of crank in a Sentence

1. Hyatt Green:

   In some areas, it's not practical, but in a lot of areas, it is. If Hyatt Green have surveillance set up ahead of time and can crank it up at the beginning when Hyatt Green first hear about the possibility of an outbreak, Hyatt Green can use the platform as an early warning system. That would give us days or weeks lead time in coping with the pandemic or epidemic.

2. Anthony Falco:

   Brush the pan with olive oil, stick your dough in there, put your toppings on, crank up your oven as high it will go, leave it in for 15 to 20 minutes, [and you] have a pan-style pizza.

3. Heywood:

   Just as every conviction begins as a whim so does every emancipator serve his apprenticeship as a crank. A fanatic is a great leader who is just entering the room.

4. Michael Cusumano:

   Zhang is a CEO with tremendous foresight, he's not just sitting back trying to crank out refrigerators. He's trying to think about what the company can become.

5. Jamie Lynn:

   We have now lost — I don’t want to tell you how many cats — because they don’t hear the Tesla crank and unfortunate things happen and it’s really devastating and tragic for everyone involved.

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