crank

Etymology 1
From or, ultimately from , from ,. Cognate with 🇨🇬,, 🇨🇬.

Adjective

 * 1)  Hard, difficult.
 * 2)  Strange, weird, odd.
 * 3)  Bent, twisted, crooked, distorted; out of repair.
 * 4) Sick; unwell.
 * 5)  Liable to capsize because of poorly stowed cargo or insufficient ballast.
 * 6) Full of spirit; brisk; lively; sprightly; overconfident; opinionated.
 * 7)  An amateur in science or other technical subjects who persistently advocates flawed theories
 * 1) Full of spirit; brisk; lively; sprightly; overconfident; opinionated.
 * 2)  An amateur in science or other technical subjects who persistently advocates flawed theories
 * 1)  An amateur in science or other technical subjects who persistently advocates flawed theories
 * 1)  An amateur in science or other technical subjects who persistently advocates flawed theories
 * 1)  An amateur in science or other technical subjects who persistently advocates flawed theories

Translations

 * Maori: tukoki, tūkokikoki, hūkokikoki

Noun

 * 1)  An ailment, ache.
 * 2)  An ill-tempered or nasty person.
 * 3) A twist or turn of the mind; caprice; whim;
 * 4) A fit of temper or passion.
 * 5)  A person who is considered strange or odd by others, and may behave in unconventional ways.
 * 6)  A baseball fan.
 * 7)  A sick person; an invalid.
 * 1)  A baseball fan.
 * 2)  A sick person; an invalid.
 * 1)  A baseball fan.
 * 2)  A sick person; an invalid.
 * 1)  A baseball fan.
 * 2)  A sick person; an invalid.
 * 1)  A sick person; an invalid.

Etymology 2
From, , from a shortening of , the first element ultimately related to Etymology 1 above.

Noun



 * 1) A bent piece of an axle or shaft, or an attached arm perpendicular, or nearly so, to the end of a shaft or wheel, used to impart a rotation to a wheel or other mechanical device; also used to change circular into reciprocating motion, or reciprocating into circular motion.
 * 2) The act of converting power into motion, by turning a crankshaft.
 * 3)  Any bend, turn, or winding, as of a passage.
 * 4) * 1596,, The Faerie Queene, The Cantos of Mutabilitie Canto 7
 * So many turning cranks these have, so many crooks.
 * 1)  A twist or turn in speech; word play consisting in a change of the form or meaning of a word.
 * 2)  The penis.
 * 1)  Any bend, turn, or winding, as of a passage.
 * 2) * 1596,, The Faerie Queene, The Cantos of Mutabilitie Canto 7
 * So many turning cranks these have, so many crooks.
 * 1)  A twist or turn in speech; word play consisting in a change of the form or meaning of a word.
 * 2)  The penis.
 * 1)  A twist or turn in speech; word play consisting in a change of the form or meaning of a word.
 * 2)  The penis.
 * 1)  The penis.

Translations

 * Arabic:
 * Armenian:
 * Bulgarian: ,
 * Catalan:
 * Chinese:
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 * Czech:
 * Dutch: ,
 * Esperanto:
 * Finnish: ,
 * French:
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 * Greek:
 * Hungarian:
 * Irish: crangaid
 * Italian:
 * Macedonian: ку́рбла
 * Norman: chanolle
 * Norwegian:
 * Bokmål: sveiv
 * Plautdietsch: Krenkj
 * Portuguese:
 * Romanian:
 * Russian:
 * Slovak: kľuka
 * Spanish: manivela
 * Swedish:
 * Thai:
 * Turkish: ,
 * Vietnamese: giò đĩa


 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin:
 * Esperanto:
 * Finnish:, , veivaus
 * German:
 * Macedonian: вр́тење
 * Romanian: ,
 * Spanish:
 * Swedish: vevning
 * Turkish:


 * Finnish:
 * Russian:, ,
 * Spanish:
 * Swedish:


 * Bulgarian:
 * Finnish: kränkkä, känkkäränkkä,
 * German:
 * Greek: ,
 * Macedonian: на́мќор
 * Romanian:
 * Serbo-Croatian: ,
 * Spanish: ,
 * Turkish:


 * Bulgarian:
 * French: ,
 * German:, ,
 * Macedonian: чу́дак
 * Russian:
 * Swedish: ,
 * Turkish: ,


 * Dutch: ,
 * Russian:


 * Finnish:, veivaus
 * Turkish:


 * Norman:

Verb

 * 1)  To turn by means of a crank.
 * 2)  To turn a crank.
 * 3)  To turn.
 * 4)  To cause to spin via other means, as though turned by a crank.
 * 5)  To act in a cranky manner; to behave unreasonably and irritably, especially through complaining.
 * 6)   To be running at a high level of output or effort.
 * 7)  To run with a winding course; to double; to crook; to wind and turn.
 * 1)  To act in a cranky manner; to behave unreasonably and irritably, especially through complaining.
 * 2)   To be running at a high level of output or effort.
 * 3)  To run with a winding course; to double; to crook; to wind and turn.
 * 1)   To be running at a high level of output or effort.
 * 2)  To run with a winding course; to double; to crook; to wind and turn.
 * 1)  To run with a winding course; to double; to crook; to wind and turn.
 * 1)  To run with a winding course; to double; to crook; to wind and turn.
 * 1)  To run with a winding course; to double; to crook; to wind and turn.
 * 1)  To run with a winding course; to double; to crook; to wind and turn.
 * 1)  To run with a winding course; to double; to crook; to wind and turn.

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 * Dutch:
 * Finnish: ,
 * German:
 * Norwegian:
 * Bokmål: sveive
 * Slovak: roztociť, vypeckovať
 * Swedish:


 * Finnish:


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