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The correct spelling is crank.
How to pronounce crank
/kɹæŋk/
nounIPA: /kɹæŋk/
Say it like: Cra-nk
The correct spelling is crank. 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… For example: "I grind my coffee by hand with a coffee grinder with a crank handle."
Usage Examples
“I grind my coffee by hand with a coffee grinder with a crank handle.”
“Yes, a crank was all it needed to start.”
“Billy-Bob is a nasty old crank! He chased my cat away.”
Meanings
noun
- 1.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.
- 2.The act of converting power into motion, by turning a crankshaft.
- 3.Any bend, turn, or winding, as of a passage.
- 4.An ill-tempered or nasty person.
- 5.A twist or turn of the mind; caprice; whim;
verb
- 1.To turn by means of a crank.
- 2.To turn a crank.
- 3.(of a crank or similar) To turn.
- 4.To cause to spin via other means, as though turned by a crank.
- 5.To act in a cranky manner; to behave unreasonably and irritably, especially through complaining.
adjective
- 1.Strange, weird, odd.
- 2.Sick; unwell
- 3.(of a ship) Liable to capsize because of poorly stowed cargo or insufficient ballast.
- 4.Full of spirit; brisk; lively; sprightly; overconfident; opinionated.
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