crank

Definitions of crank in various dictionaries:

noun - a bad-tempered person

noun - a whimsically eccentric person

noun - an amphetamine derivative (trade name Methedrine) used in the form of a crystalline hydrochloride

noun - a hand tool consisting of a rotating shaft with parallel handle

verb - travel along a zigzag path

verb - start by cranking

verb - rotate with a crank

verb - fasten with a crank

verb - bend into the shape of a crank

adj - (used of boats) inclined to heel over easily under sail

A device for transmitting rotary motion, consisting of a handle or arm attached at right angles to a shaft.

A clever turn of speech; a verb al conceit: quips and cranks.

A peculiar or eccentric idea or action.

Informal.

A grouchy person.

An eccentric person, especially one who is unduly zealous.

To start or operate (an engine, for example) by turning a handle.

To move or operate (a window, for example) by or as if by turning a handle.

To make into the shape of a crank; bend.

To provide with a handle that is used in turning.

To turn a handle.

Of, being, or produced by an eccentric person: a crank letter; a crank phone call.

To cause to start or get started as if by turning a crank: cranked up a massive publicity campaign.

To cause to intensify, as in volume or force: cranks up the sound on the stereo.

Liable to capsize; unstable.

adv - full of energy [ adj -LIER, -LIEST] : LIVELILY

verb - to start manually