crank
31crank — 1. n. & v. n. 1 part of an axle or shaft bent at right angles for interconverting reciprocal and circular motion. 2 an elbow shaped connection in bell hanging. v.tr. 1 cause to move by means of a crank. 2 a bend into a crank shape. b furnish or… …
32crank — crank1 [ kræŋk ] noun count 1. ) INFORMAL someone whose ideas or behavior are very strange: Protesters were dismissed as cranks. a ) only before noun used about someone s behavior or actions: Radio stations often get crank calls. 2. ) AMERICAN… …
33crank — {{11}}crank (n.) O.E. cranc preserved in crancstæf a weaver s instrument, crencestre female weaver, spinster, from P.Gmc. base *krank , and related to crincan to bend, yield. English retains the literal sense of the ancient root, while German and …
34crank up — 1) PHRASAL VERB If you crank up a machine or a device, you make it function harder or at a greater level. [BRIT] [V P n (not pron)] Just crank up your hearing aid a peg or two. [Also V n P] 2) PHRASAL VERB If you crank up a machine or device, you …
35crank — 1. n. a crackpot; a bothersome person with a bogus message. □ A crank called with a bomb threat. □ A crank came in and offered to punch me in the nose for a quarter. 2. mod. bogus. □ We had four crank calls threatening to blow up the Eiffel tower …
36crank — [1] An arm set at right angles to a shaft or axle, used for converting reciprocal (to and fro) motion into circular motion. Also see cottered crank cotterless crank flat crank hand crank [2] The action of trying to start a vehicle engine or an… …
37crank — [OE] There appears to be a link between the words crank, cringe, and crinkle. They share the meaning element ‘bending’ or ‘curling up’ (which later developed metaphorically into ‘becoming weak or sick’, as in the related German krank ‘ill’), and… …
38crank — In a mechanical linkage or mechanism, a link that can turn about a center of rotation. The crank’s center of rotation is in the pivot, usually the axis of the crankshaft, that connects the crank to the adjacent link. A crank is arranged for… …
39crank — [OE] There appears to be a link between the words crank, cringe, and crinkle. They share the meaning element ‘bending’ or ‘curling up’ (which later developed metaphorically into ‘becoming weak or sick’, as in the related German krank ‘ill’), and… …
40crank — crank1 verb 1》 turn a crankshaft or handle, especially in order to start an engine. 2》 (crank something up) informal increase the intensity of something. 3》 (crank something out) informal, derogatory produce something regularly and routinely. 4》… …
