cranks

• present tense form

  present tense

  Used to describe things happening now or regularly.

  of crank (3rd 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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cranks

Cracked turbines and broken engine cranks both are major failures that require replacement, according to Nina Sadighi, founder of Eradeh Power Consulting, an electrical engineer who formerly worked at Amazon and Tesla.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 20, 2026

Usually, though, he cranks up country music to “just disconnect for a little bit.”

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 9, 2026

The partition that once sealed out the cranks and mediocrities has been permanently sundered.

From Slate ● Mar. 6, 2026

He sings the chorus, then cranks up the tempo a notch and suddenly starts belting the Beatles’ “Get Back,” before smoothly transitioning once more into his own song.

From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 19, 2026

I roll over and try to go back to sleep, listening to the hissing gas as she cranks up the camping stove to make tea.

From "Endangered" by Eliot Schrefer

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