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crank (adjective)
Sick; unwell; infirm.

crank (adjective)
Full of spirit; brisk; lively; sprightly; overconfident; opinionated.

crank (noun)
A bent piece of an axle or shaft, or an attached arm perpendicular, or nearly so, to the end of a shaft or wheel, used to impart a rotation to a wheel or other mechanical device; also used to change circular into reciprocating motion, or reciprocating into circular motion.
I grind my coffee by hand with a coffee grinder with a crank handle.

crank (noun)
The act of converting power into motion, by turning a crankshaft.
Yes, a crank was all it needed to start.

crank (noun)
A twist or turn of the mind; caprice; whim; crotchet; also, a fit of temper or passion.

crank (verb)
To turn by means of a crank.
Motorists had to crank their engine by hand.

crank (verb)
To turn a crank.
He's been cranking all day and yet it refuses to crank.

crank (verb)
To cause to spin via other means, as though turned by a crank.
I turn the key and crank the engine; yet it doesn't turn over.
Crank it up!

crank (verb)
To act in a cranky manner; to behave unreasonably and irritably, especially through complaining.
Quit cranking about your spilt milk!

crank (verb)
To be running at a high level of output or effort.
By one hour into the shift, the boys were really cranking.

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January 24, 2019

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