crank

  • 11crank´i|ly — crank|y «KRANG kee», adjective, crank|i|er, crank|i|est. 1. cross, irritable, or ill natured. SYNONYM(S): crotchety. 2 …

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  • 12crank|y — «KRANG kee», adjective, crank|i|er, crank|i|est. 1. cross, irritable, or ill natured. SYNONYM(S): crotchety. 2 …

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  • 13crank — Ⅰ. crank [1] ► NOUN ▪ a part of an axle or shaft bent out at right angles, for converting reciprocal to circular motion and vice versa. ► VERB 1) turn a crankshaft or handle. 2) (crank up) informal increase the intensity of. 3) ( …

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  • 14Crank — Crank, v. i. [See {Crank}, n.] To run with a winding course; to double; to crook; to wind and turn. [1913 Webster] See how this river comes me cranking in. Shak. [1913 Webster] …

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  • 15Crank It Up — Single par Ashley Tisdale extrait de l’album Guilty Pleasure Face B Blame It On The Beat Time s Up Sortie 9 octobre 2009 Durée 3:01 Genre Dance pop …

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  • 16crank|er|y — «KRANG kuhr ee», noun, plural er|ies. the characteristics of a crank; eccentricity; monomania: »Crankery ranges all the way from dangerous approach to insanity to the one idea fanatics in pseudoscientific research (London Times) …

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  • 17Crank — Crank. См. Кривошип. (Источник: «Металлы и сплавы. Справочник.» Под редакцией Ю.П. Солнцева; НПО Профессионал , НПО Мир и семья ; Санкт Петербург, 2003 г.) …

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  • 18crank — kraŋk n crystal (2) …

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  • 19crank up — (something) to increase something. To meet the demand for their baked goods, the plant has cranked up the speed of the production lines. The volume was cranked up so high that he had to scream in order to talk to the woman next to him …

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  • 20crank — crank1 crankless, adj. /krangk/, n. 1. Mach. any of several types of arms or levers for imparting rotary or oscillatory motion to a rotating shaft, one end of the crank being fixed to the shaft and the other end receiving reciprocating motion… …

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