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Meaning of crank


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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:

  crank
      adj 1: (used of boats) inclined to heel over easily under sail
             [syn: {crank}, {cranky}, {tender}, {tippy}]
      n 1: a bad-tempered person [syn: {grouch}, {grump}, {crank},
           {churl}, {crosspatch}]
      2: a whimsically eccentric person [syn: {crackpot}, {crank},
         {nut}, {nut case}, {fruitcake}, {screwball}]
      3: 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 [syn:
         {methamphetamine}, {methamphetamine hydrochloride},
         {Methedrine}, {meth}, {deoxyephedrine}, {chalk}, {chicken
         feed}, {crank}, {glass}, {ice}, {shabu}, {trash}]
      4: a hand tool consisting of a rotating shaft with parallel
         handle [syn: {crank}, {starter}]
      v 1: travel along a zigzag path; "The river zigzags through the
           countryside" [syn: {zigzag}, {crank}]
      2: start by cranking; "crank up the engine" [syn: {crank},
         {crank up}]
      3: rotate with a crank [syn: {crank}, {crank up}]
      4: fasten with a crank
      5: bend into the shape of a crank


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