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Defenition of the word crank

    • Defenition of the word crank

      • a whimsically eccentric person
      • bend into the shape of a crank
      • fasten with a crank
      • (used of boats) inclined to heel over easily under sail
      • rotate with a crank
      • start by cranking; of engines
      • rotating shaft with parallel handle
      • a bad-tempered person
      • travel along a zigzag path: "The river zigzags through the countryside"
      • a hand tool consisting of a rotating shaft with parallel handle
      • amphetamine used in the form of a crystalline hydrochloride; used as a stimulant to the nervous system and as an appetite suppressant
      • start by cranking; "crank up the engine"
      • travel along a zigzag path; "The river zigzags through the countryside"
      • 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
      • start by cranking
      • travel along a zigzag path

    Synonyms for the word crank

      • churl
      • crackpot
      • crank up
      • cranky
      • crosspatch
      • eccentric
      • fruitcake
      • grouch
      • grump
      • nonconformist
      • nut
      • nutcase
      • oddball
      • screwball
      • starter
      • tender
      • tippy
      • unusual person
      • zigzag

    Similar words in the crank

      • crank
      • crank's
      • crankcase
      • crankcase's
      • crankcases
      • cranked
      • crankier
      • crankiest
      • crankiness
      • crankiness's
      • cranking
      • cranks
      • crankshaft
      • crankshaft's
      • crankshafts
      • cranky
      • unstable

    Hyponyms for the word crank

      • crab
      • crabby person
      • crank handle
      • fire-eater
      • hothead
      • misanthrope
      • misanthropist
      • starting handle

    Hypernyms for the word crank

      • amphetamine
      • bend
      • circumvolve
      • controlled substance
      • deform
      • disagreeable person
      • eccentric
      • eccentric person
      • fasten
      • fix
      • flake
      • flex
      • geek
      • go
      • hand tool
      • locomote
      • move
      • oddball
      • pep pill
      • rotate
      • secure
      • speed
      • start
      • start up
      • surname
      • travel
      • turn
      • twist
      • unpleasant person
      • upper

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