Origin of crank
1crank
2adjective Nautical.
noun
Origin of crank
2crank
3adjective British Dialect.
Origin of crank
3Related Words for crank
zealot, curmudgeon, lever, handle, arm, eccentric, crackpot, character, fanatic, monomaniac, grouch, misanthrope, complainerExamples from the Web for crank
Contemporary Examples of crank
The wonderful reign of Queen Elizabeth has everyone worried about what will happen when her crank of a son takes the throne.
Imagining Prince Charles as King Makes All of Britain Wish They Could Leave Like ScotlandClive Irving
September 17, 2014
Before the marriage it was already obvious that he was a bit of a crank.
Imagining Prince Charles as King Makes All of Britain Wish They Could Leave Like ScotlandClive Irving
September 17, 2014
I belong to the “Soccer Hater” demographic – middle-aged Republican crank with long, blonde hair and a great pair of gams.
I belong to the “Soccer Hater” demographic—middle-aged Republican crank with long, blonde hair and a great pair of gams.
An uncomfortable urinary infection is going to feel way worse than those few minutes you spent trying to crank out your work.
Historical Examples of crank
In this machine, the barrel was fitted with a crank, and rotated by handle.
Heroes of the TelegraphJ. Munro
The crank is a person who holds views which to us seem ridiculous.
Mountain MeditationsL. Lind-af-Hageby
This crank is mounted on a crankshaft carried on the metal tube M.
Boys' Book of Model BoatsRaymond Francis Yates
Its center is drilled out and it is soldered to the crank as illustrated in Fig. 54.
Boys' Book of Model BoatsRaymond Francis Yates
Nothing now remains to be made except the crank and the flywheel.
Boys' Book of Model BoatsRaymond Francis Yates