crank

  • 51crank up — phr verb Crank up is used with these nouns as the object: ↑engine …

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  • 52crank — Synonyms and related words: L, Tartar, abnormal, aficionado, alien, angle, angle off, anomalous, apex, bar, beam, bear, bee, bellyacher, bend, bifurcate, bifurcation, bight, boom, boutade, brainstorm, branch, branks, buff, bug, cant, cant hook,… …

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  • 53crank — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) n. handle, winder, key; quirk; eccentric, oddball, fanatic, grouch (inf.), crab, crackpot (sl.), screwball (sl.), nut (sl.). v. crank up, start; wind, turn, twist. See unconformity, rotation, elevation.… …

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  • 54crank it up — turn up the volume, louder please    Hey, Karen, crank up the radio. That s a great song …

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  • 55crank —    an erect penis    Literally, an actuating lever which projects:     ... locks [my diary] up at night to make sure your wife does not... riffle the pages looking for another passage about my hand on my crank. (Turow, 1993) …

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  • 56crank n — Some people have to get up at the crank of dawn …

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  • 57crank up — informal crank up the volume, Steve Syn: increase, intensify, amplify, heighten, escalate, add to, augment, build up, expand, extend, raise; speed up, accelerate; up, jack up, hike up, step up, bump up, pump up …

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  • 58crank —   Wili, kū au wili.    ♦ Hand crank, wili lima …

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  • 59crank — skriejikas statusas T sritis Energetika apibrėžtis Svirtinio mechanizmo grandis, sukama apie nejudamą ašį. Dažniausiai tai svirties arba disko pavidalo detalė, kuri lankstu jungiama su švaistikliu arba kita grandimi. atitikmenys: angl. crank vok …

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  • 60crank-up — /krangk up /, n. an act or instance of cranking up. [1905 10; n. use of v. phrase crank up] …

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