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

    a bad-tempered person

    Synonyms:
    skinflint, 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:
    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, 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, 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, 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, zigzag

    Antonyms:
    stable

  7. crank, crank upverb

    start by cranking

    "crank up the engine"

    Synonyms:
    crank up, zigzag

    Antonyms:
    stable

  8. crank, crank upverb

    rotate with a crank

    Synonyms:
    crank up, 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

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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

Concise Medical Dictionary, by Joseph C Segen, MD0.0 / 0 votes

  1. crank

    Synonyms:
    Crank case

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How to use crank in a sentence?

  1. 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.

  2. Hugh Grant:

    Sometimes she would do bad singing that was like 2 out of 10 bad and sometimes she would crank it up to like 12, and those were very difficult to cope with, particularly if I was having to do some very serious, stern, protective scene at the same time.

  3. 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.

  4. Mark Twain:

    A man with a new idea is a crank -- until the idea succeeds.

  5. Stefan Koopman:

    The proposed U.S. tariffs on Chinese imports would certainly disrupt the internationally sliced-up value chains. It is well-known that large U.S. high-tech corporates and retailers use relatively cheap Chinese labor to assemble their products and gross trade flows analyses may underestimate the disruptive impact, raising tariffs on final and intermediate products that are shipped to the U.S. will crank up domestic prices for U.S. consumers and producers. As such, if these tariffs come through, it would provide another shock to the stock market and hurt producer and consumer confidence.


Translations for crank

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  • коляно, манивела, чудакBulgarian
  • manetaCatalan, Valencian
  • klikaCzech
  • Miesepeter, Kurbel, Kurbeln, Kauz, Spinner, SonderlingGerman
  • στρόφαλος, μονομανής, λοξίαςGreek
  • cascarrabias, manivela, maniáticoSpanish
  • veivi, käänne, känkkäränkkä, kampeaminen, valittaa, kammeta, veivata, kränkkä, veivaus, kampi, pyöräyttää, kääkkä, marmattaa, pyörittää, mutka, veivaaminenFinnish
  • manivelleFrench
  • crangaidIrish
  • tūkokikoki, tukokiMāori
  • manivelaPortuguese
  • manivelă, rotire, învârtire, maniacRomanian
  • кривоши́п, поворо́т, изги́б, крюк, чуда́кRussian
  • čudàkinja, čùdākSerbo-Croatian
  • vypeckovať, roztociť, kľukaSlovak
  • vevning, veva, vevSwedish
  • kol, manivela, huysuz, çevirme, kimse, kelime oyunuTurkish

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