English Dictionary

crank

/kɹæŋk/

noun

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.

The crank of the bicycle was bent and needed to be replaced.

意味（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.

意味（2）

Clipping of crankshaft.

意味（3）

The act of converting power into motion, by turning a crankshaft.

Yes, a crank was all it needed to start.

意味（4）

(archaic) Any bend, turn, or winding, as of a passage.

So many turning cranks these have, so many crooks.

意味（5）

(informal) An ill-tempered or nasty person.

Billy-Bob is a nasty old crank! He chased my cat away.

意味（6）

A twist or turn of the mind; caprice; whim;

意味（7）

a fit of temper or passion.

Violent of temper; subject to sudden cranks.

意味（8）

(informal, Britain, dated in US) A person who is considered strange or odd by others. They may behave in unconventional ways.

John is a crank because he talks to himself.

意味（9）

(archaic, baseball, slang, 1800s) A baseball fan.

意味（10）

(informal) An advocate of a pseudoscience movement.

That crank next door thinks he’s created cold fusion in his garage.

意味（11）

(US, slang) Synonym of methamphetamine.

Danny got abscesses from shooting all that bathtub crank.

意味（12）

(rare) A twist or turn in speech; word play consisting in a change of the form or meaning of a word.

Quips and Cranks, and wanton Wiles,

意味（13）

(obsolete) A sick person; an invalid.

Thou art a counterfeit crank, a cheater.

意味（14）

(slang) A penis.

It was going to be hard not to blow with a girl like her sucking on his crank.