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41crank up — phrasal verb [transitive] Word forms crank up : present tense I/you/we/they crank up he/she/it cranks up present participle cranking up past tense cranked up past participle cranked up informal to increase the level or degree of something We ll… …
42Crank — This interesting name derives from the medieval English cranke meaning Cheerful and Vigerous and was originally given as a nickname to a merry, high spirited person. The surname is first recorded in the early half of the 12th Century, (see below) …
43crank — {{Roman}}I.{{/Roman}} noun Crank is used before these nouns: ↑call {{Roman}}II.{{/Roman}} verb Crank is used with these nouns as the object: ↑engine …
44Crank — 1. eccentric person, or one who holds stubbornly to eccentric views; 2. false; phoney: crank calls ; a crank letter ; 3. be excellent: the surf s really cranking …
45crank — Australian Slang 1. eccentric person, or one who holds stubbornly to eccentric views; 2. false; phoney: crank calls ; a crank letter ; 3. be excellent: the surf s really cranking …
46crank — n. handle to turn, use a crank * * * [kræŋk] use a crank [ handle ] to turn …
47crank — I verb you crank the engine by hand crank up Syn: start, turn (over), get going II noun they re nothing but a bunch of cranks Syn: eccentric, oddity, madman/madwoman, lunatic; informal oddball, freak, weirdo, crackpot …
48crank — [kræŋk] noun [C] I 1) British informal someone whose ideas or behaviour are very strange 2) a piece of equipment that turns to make something move or start II verb crank [kræŋk] crank sth up …
49crank-up — /krangk up /, n. an act or instance of cranking up. [1905 10; n. use of v. phrase crank up] * * * …
50crank up — verb a) To start something mechanical, an act that often used to involve cranking. Lets crank up the old motorcycle and take it for a spin. b) To increase, as the volume, power or energy of something. He cranked up the volume to 11 …
