am cranking

• present progressive

  present progressive

  Used to describe an ongoing action or state that is currently taking place in the immediate present.

  of crank (1st person singular).
  crank

  noun

  any of several types of arms or levers for imparting rotary or oscillatory motion to a rotating shaft, one end of the crank being fixed to the shaft and the other end receiving reciprocating motion from a hand, connecting rod, etc.

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