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1. crank
   [adj] - (used of boats) inclined to heel over easily under sail 2. [n] - a hand tool consisting of a rotating shaft with parallel handle 3. [v] - start by cranking 4. [v] - rotate with a crank 5. [v] - fasten with a crank 6. [v] - bend into the shape of a crank
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2. Crank
   That part of the crankshaft, which is in the form of a crank and crank pin. See also: Crankshaft, Internal Combustion Engine.
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3. crank
   a cranked portion or an overhung crank Category: Mechanical engineering • that portion of a crankshaft which is bent in the shape of a U Category: Mechanical engineering • step in the parting line of a forging die Category: Iron and steel industries • a composite ...
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4. Crank
   Crank noun [ Middle English cranke ; akin to E. cringe , cringle , crinkle , and to crank , adjective , the root meaning, probably, 'to turn, twist.' See Cringe .] 1. (Machinery) A bent ...
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5. Crank
   Crank adjective [ Anglo-Saxon cranc weak ; akin to Icelandic krangr , D. & German krank sick, weak (cf. Dutch krengen to careen). Confer Crank , noun ] 1. Sick; infirm. [ Prov. Eng.] <...
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6. Crank
   Crank intransitive verb [ See Crank , noun ] To run with a winding course; to double; to crook; to wind and turn. « See how this river comes me cranking in. Shak. »
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7. crank
   cranky adjective (used of boats) inclined to heel over easily under sail
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8. crank
   noun a hand tool consisting of a rotating shaft with parallel handle
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9. crank
   crank up verb rotate with a crank
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10. crank
    crank up verb start by cranking; `crank up the engine`
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11. Crank
    • (n.) A person full of crotchets; one given to fantastic or impracticable projects; one whose judgment is perverted in respect to a particular matter. • (n.) Sick; infirm. • (n.) Full of spirit; brisk; lively; sprightly; overconfident; opinionated. • (n.) A bent portion of an ax...
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12. crank
    in mechanics, arm secured at right angle to a shaft with which it can rotate or oscillate. Next to the wheel, the crank is the most important ...
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13. Crank
    Crank is slang for odd, eccentric.
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14. Crank
    Crank is slang for odd, eccentric.
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15. crank
    (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 vectorised operations.' [Jargon File] (1994-12-01)
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16. crank
    
    • a bad-tempered person
    • a whimsically eccentric person
    • a hand tool consisting of a rotating shaft with parallel handle
    
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17. crank
    crank, mechanical linkage consisting of a bar attached to a pivot at one of its ends in such a way that it is capable of rotating through a complete circle about the pivot. One of the principal uses of a crank is to turn reciprocating, or back and forth, motion into rotary motion or vice versa. A be...
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18. Crank
    The crank was a Victorian instrument of punishment introduced in prisons and consisting of a handle attached to a wooden box. The prisoner had to turn the crank 10,000 revolutions each day, with so many revolutions required before each meal was supplied. Should a prisoner be too quick in completing ...
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19. Crank
    A crank is an axis with the end bent like an elbow, serving as a handle for communicating circular motion; as, the crank of a grindstone; or for changing circular into
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20. crank
    An axis bent through one or more right angles; it is used to transmit motion or convert reciprocating (backwards-and-forwards or up-and-down) movement into rotary movement, or vice versa. Although similar devices may have been employed in antiquity and as early as the 1st century in China and the 8th century in Europe, the earli...
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21. CRANK
    For many motorists, any cyclist. Otherwise, the bar that connects the pedal to the chainwheel. Like so much of life, it's all about leverage.
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22. Crank
    (person) "`Crank`" is a pejorative term used for a person who unshakably holds a belief that most of his or her contemporaries consider to be false. A "cranky" belief is so wildly at variance with commonly accepted belief as to be ludicrous. Cranks characteristically dismi...
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23. Crank
    (mechanism) A `crank` is an arm attached at right angles to a rotating shaft by which reciprocating motion is imparted to or received from the shaft. It is used to change circular into reciprocating motion, or reciprocating into circular motion. The arm may be a bent portion of the shaft, or ...
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24. Crank
    (film) `Crank` is a 2006 American action movie, 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 centres on a British hitman in Los Angeles named Chev Chelios who is poisoned ...
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25. Crank
    (novel) `Crank` is a novel by Ellen Hopkins published in 2004. The sequel to Crank is Glass. Synopsis : (Contains spoilers) Kristina, a gifted, quiet, well-behaved girl high school junior goes to Albuquerque, New Mexico to see her father. When she goes, the first night sh...
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