Definitions for cranny
ˈkræn icran·ny

Princeton's WordNetRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. crevice, cranny, crack, fissure, chapnoun

   a long narrow depression in a surface

2. crannynoun

   a small opening or crevice (especially in a rock face or wall)

WiktionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. crannynoun

   A small, narrow opening, fissure, crevice, or chink, as in a wall, or other substance.

2. crannynoun

   A tool for forming the necks of bottles, etc.

3. Etymology: From crany, crani, apparently a diminutive of * (+ -y), from cran, cren, a derivative of crener, from creno, from *, of obscure origin. Despite a spurious use in Pliny, connection to crena is doubtful. Instead, probably of or origin. Compare chrinna, Krinne, karn, ara-chrinin.

Samuel Johnson's DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. CRANNYnoun

   A chink; a cleft; a fissure.

   Etymology: cren, Fr. crena, Latin.

   The eye of the understanding is like the eye of the sense; for as you may see great objects through small crannies or holes, so you may see great axioms of nature through small and contemptible instances. Francis Bacon, Natural History, №. 91.

   And therefore beat, and laid about,
   To find a cranny to creep out. Hudibras, p. iii. cant. 1.

   In a firm building, even the cavities ought not to be filled with rubbish, but with brick or stone, fitted to the crannies. John Dryden, Æneid. Dedication to the.

   Within the soaking of water and springs, with streams and currents in the veins and crannies. Thomas Burnet, Theo. of the Earth.

   He skipped from room to room, ran up stairs and down stairs, from the kitchen to the garrets, and he peeped into every cranny. John Arbuthnot, History of John Bull.

WikipediaRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Cranny

   Cranny (Irish: An Chrannaigh) is a small village in County Clare, Ireland.

ChatGPTRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. cranny

   A cranny is a small, narrow space or opening, often in a wall, rock, or other solid material. It can also refer to any obscure or hidden corner or recess, especially one that is difficult to reach or access.

Webster DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Crannynoun

   a small, narrow opening, fissure, crevice, or chink, as in a wall, or other substance

2. Crannynoun

   a tool for forming the necks of bottles, etc

3. Crannyverb

   to crack into, or become full of, crannies

4. Crannyverb

   to haunt, or enter by, crannies

5. Crannyadjective

   quick; giddy; thoughtless

6. Etymology: [Perh. for cranky. See Crank, a. ]

Chambers 20th Century DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Cranny

   kran′i, n. a rent: a chink: a secret place.—v.i. to enter crannies.—adj. Crann′ied, having crannies, rents, or fissures. [Fr. cran, a notch.]

Surnames Frequency by Census RecordsRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. CRANNY

   According to the U.S. Census Bureau, Cranny is ranked #110286 in terms of the most common surnames in America.
   
   The Cranny surname appeared 160 times in the 2010 census and if you were to sample 100,000 people in the United States, approximately 0 would have the surname Cranny.
   
   96.2% or 154 total occurrences were White.

Matched Categories

1. • Depression
   • Hole

How to pronounce cranny?

1. Alex

   US English

   David

   US English

   Mark

   US English

   Daniel

   British

   Libby

   British

   Mia

   British

   Karen

   Australian

   Hayley

   Australian

   Natasha

   Australian

   Veena

   Indian

   Priya

   Indian

   Neerja

   Indian

   Zira

   US English

   Oliver

   British

   Wendy

   British

   Fred

   US English

   Tessa

   South African

How to say cranny in sign language?

Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of cranny in Chaldean Numerology is: 8

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of cranny in Pythagorean Numerology is: 3

Examples of cranny in a Sentence

1. Allen Guelzo:

   They worked their way into every nook, cranny and snook-filled hall they could.

2. John Tecklenburg:

   Mayor John Tecklenburg said Wednesday the girl’s mother was brutally beaten but in fair condition at a local hospital. Mayor John Tecklenburg said the girl’s father was out of town on a Coast Guard training mission when Heidi Renae Todd vanished. We are looking for her, every nook and cranny, divers in the lake, helicopters, we don't know if Heidi Renae Todd might have been taken away in a vehicle or not.

3. Scott C. Holstad:

   Blank paper before me; fresh snow fall, tracks slowly appearing, my future mapped out, my life, my day. Minute by minute, laboriously, every nook, every cranny exposed. This is my true life, I think while wondering what became of the person I used to be.

4. Jamaal Bowman:

   We were canvassing in every nook and cranny of the district prior to the pandemic, there's nothing like having a conversation face to face with someone.

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References

1. ^ Princeton's WordNet
   http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?s=cranny
2. ^ Wiktionary
   https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Cranny
3. ^ Samuel Johnson's Dictionary
   https://johnsonsdictionaryonline.com/views/search.php?term=cranny
4. ^ Wikipedia
   https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cranny
5. ^ ChatGPT
   https://chat.openai.com
6. ^ Webster Dictionary
   https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/cranny
7. ^ Chambers 20th Century Dictionary
   https://www.gutenberg.org/files/37683/37683-h/37683-h.htm#:~:text=cranny
8. ^ Surnames Frequency by Census Records
   https://www.census.gov/topics/population/genealogy/data/2010_surnames.html