Having love handles.

present participle of crank the handle

Third-person singular simple present indicative form of crank the handle

simple past tense and past participle of crank the handle

(business, idiomatic) To perform a process; to do some work. / 2006, Rebecca Jordan and Kirsty Weir, In Good Company: The essential business start-up guide for women, A & C Black, page 229:

A pivoted handle of any utensil, especially a bail or other arched handle.

(idiomatic) to behave / (idiomatic) to conduct oneself or to perform (in a specified manner)

Suitably or properly dealt with. / Capably or skilfully handled.

Any of the handles mounted on a coffin so that it can be carried. / A knife handle having approximately the tapering hexagonal shape of a traditional coffin, with the tapering end nearest the blade.

(cricket) Forceful batsmanship.