Word: crank

Category: crank

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Related words: crank

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Synonyms: crank

eyeglass

Translations: crank

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spanish
Translations:
manivela, manubrio, cigüeña
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german
Translations:
kurbel, miesepeter, spinner, marotte, verrückte
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french
Translations:
manivelle, excentrique, maboul, illuminé, manie, marotte, fou, loufoque, toquade, fanatique, ...
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russian
Translations:
причуда, чудак, психопат, сумасброд, прихоть, мотыль, кривошип, сгибать, оригинал
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norwegian
Translations:
sveiv
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swedish
Translations:
vev
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finnish
Translations:
huojuva, kammeta, kampi, veivi
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czech
Translations:
blázen, mánie, klika, vrtoch
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polish
Translations:
dziwactwo, narwaniec, szajba, korbka, dziwak, pomyleniec, bzik, cudak, korba
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turkish
Translations:
manivela
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greek
Translations:
μανιβέλα
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ukrainian
Translations:
примха, згинати, забаганка, примху, розхитаний
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estonian
Translations:
väntama, vints, veidrik
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croatian
Translations:
lakat, ručica, poluga, osobenjak, prevrtljivac
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slovak
Translations:
cvok

The meaning and "use of": crank

adjective
  • (of a sailing ship) easily keeled over, especially by wind or sea through improper design or loading. - Imagine then, the situation of the Ranger's crew, with a top-heavy and crank ship under their feet.
noun
  • a part of an axle or shaft bent out at right angles, for converting reciprocal to circular motion and vice versa. - The connecting rods connected directly to a crank on the rear axle.
  • the drug methamphetamine. - He's assaulting the keys like Liberace on crank .
  • an eccentric person, especially one who is obsessed by a particular subject or theory. - when he first started to air his views, they labeled him a crank
verb
  • turn the crankshaft of (an internal combustion engine), typically in order to start the engine. - Imagine your commanders surprise when you crank up the engine and hover over the Garage!

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