Synonyms for Crank
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1. grouch, grump, crank, churl, crosspatchnoun

   a bad-tempered person

   Synonyms:
   skinflint, crank, trash, methamphetamine hydrochloride, glass, barbarian, crosspatch, methamphetamine, screwball, nut, nut case, ice, deoxyephedrine, peasant, churl, shabu, fruitcake, chicken feed, chalk, starter, boor, tike, grouch, niggard, tyke, meth, crackpot, grump, scrooge

   Antonyms:
   stable

2. crackpot, crank, nut, nut case, fruitcake, screwballnoun

   a whimsically eccentric person

   Synonyms:
   crank, testicle, trash, methamphetamine hydrochloride, bollock, testis, glass, junkie, crosspatch, methamphetamine, screwball, nut, nut case, ice, deoxyephedrine, churl, egg, shabu, fruitcake, chicken feed, chalk, addict, starter, orchis, grouch, junky, ballock, ball, meth, crackpot, grump, en, freak

   Antonyms:
   stable

3. methamphetamine, methamphetamine hydrochloride, Methedrine, meth, deoxyephedrine, chalk, chicken feed, crank, glass, ice, shabu, trashnoun

   an amphetamine derivative (trade name Methedrine) used in the form of a crystalline hydrochloride; used as a stimulant to the nervous system and as an appetite suppressant

   Synonyms:
   spyglass, rubbish, crosspatch, applesauce, ice, trumpery, crank, chalk, looking glass, nut, churl, tripe, grouch, water ice, frosting, methamphetamine hydrochloride, codswallop, grump, fruitcake, internal-combustion engine, crackpot, field glass, deoxyephedrine, trash, drinking glass, scratch, scum, shabu, meth, methamphetamine, folderol, nut case, frappe, scrap, screwball, chicken feed, icing, glassful, glass, wish-wash, sparkler, ice rink, ice-skating rink, starter

   Antonyms:
   stable

4. crank, starteradjective

   a hand tool consisting of a rotating shaft with parallel handle

   Synonyms:
   crosspatch, appetizer, neophyte, trash, methamphetamine hydrochloride, entrant, glass, fledgling, dispatcher, starter motor, methamphetamine, screwball, nut, nut case, ice, deoxyephedrine, churl, appetiser, shabu, fruitcake, chicken feed, chalk, starter, starting motor, newbie, grouch, crank, meth, crackpot, grump, freshman, newcomer, fledgeling

   Antonyms:
   stable

5. crank, cranky, tender, tippyverb

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

   Synonyms:
   untoughened, pettish, crank, peckish, petulant, tender, sensitive, fond, peevish, tetchy, irritable, warm, raw, fractious, nettlesome, scratchy, techy, tippy, cranky, sore, affectionate, lovesome, testy

   Antonyms:
   stable

6. zigzag, crankverb

   travel along a zigzag path

   "The river zigzags through the countryside"

   Synonyms:
   crank up, crank, zigzag

   Antonyms:
   stable

7. crank, crank upverb

   start by cranking

   "crank up the engine"

   Synonyms:
   crank up, crank, zigzag

   Antonyms:
   stable

8. crank, crank upverb

   rotate with a crank

   Synonyms:
   crank up, crank, zigzag

   Antonyms:
   stable

9. crankverb

   fasten with a crank

   Synonyms:
   crank up, zigzag

   Antonyms:
   stable

10. crankverb

    bend into the shape of a crank

    Synonyms:
    crank up, zigzag

    Antonyms:
    stable

Matched Categories

1. • Amphetamine
   • Bend
   • Controlled Substance
   • Eccentric
   • Fasten
   • Move
   • Start

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1. crankadjective

   Synonyms:
   easy to be overset

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1. cranknoun

   Synonyms:
   winch, turning-handle, bend, turn, twist, crook, curve

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1. List of paraphrases for "crank":

   crankshaft, ckp, boot

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1. List of known nicknames for "Crank":

   Low Res, Danny Zelonky

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1. crank

   Synonyms:
   Crank case

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1. Hyatt Green:

   In some areas, it's not practical, but in a lot of areas, it is. If Hyatt Green have surveillance set up ahead of time and can crank it up at the beginning when Hyatt Green first hear about the possibility of an outbreak, Hyatt Green can use the platform as an early warning system. That would give us days or weeks lead time in coping with the pandemic or epidemic.

2. Cyril Connolly:

   I review novels to make money, because it is easier for a sluggard to write an article a fortnight than a book a year, because the writer is soothed by the opiate of action, the crank by posing as a good journalist, and having an air hole. I dislike it. I do it and I am always resolving to give it up.

3. Heywood:

   Just as every conviction begins as a whim so does every emancipator serve his apprenticeship as a crank. A fanatic is a great leader who is just entering the room.

4. Michael Cusumano:

   Zhang is a CEO with tremendous foresight, he's not just sitting back trying to crank out refrigerators. He's trying to think about what the company can become.

5. Anthony Falco:

   Brush the pan with olive oil, stick your dough in there, put your toppings on, crank up your oven as high it will go, leave it in for 15 to 20 minutes, [and you] have a pan-style pizza.