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.

(slang) Strange, weird, odd. / Sick; unwell. / (nautical, of a ship) Liable to capsize because of poorly stowed cargo or insufficient ballast.

(transitive) To turn by means of a crank. / (intransitive) To turn a crank. / (intransitive, of a crank or similar) To turn. / (transitive) To cause to spin via other means, as though turned by a crank.

Third-person singular simple present indicative form of crank

plural of crank

simple past tense and past participle of crank

Formed with, or having, a bend or crank.

The act by which something is cranked.

present participle of crank

(nautical) Liability to be overset; said of a ship or other vessel. / sprightliness; health; vigour