Etymology : Middle English cranke, from Old English cranc- ; probably akin to Middle High German krank weak, sick; more at CRINGE
Pronunciation : 'kra[ng]k
Function : noun
Date : 13th century
1. lever, handle; eccentric person, oddball, crackpot. rotate; turn a lever; start an engine.
2. to turn up the volume of a radio, et.
3. a mentally unstable person. crank\crank\ (kr?nk), n. [oe. cranke; akin to e. cringe, cringle, crinkle, and to crank, a., the root meaning, probably, "to turn, twist." see:
cringe.].
4. (mach.) a bent portion of an axle, or shaft, or an arm keyed at right angles to the end of a shaft, by which motion is imparted to or received from it; also used to change circular into reciprocating motion, or reciprocating into circular motion. see:
bell crank.
5. any bend, turn, or winding, as of a passage. so many turning cranks these have, so many crooks.
6. a twist or turn in speech; a conceit consisting in a change of the form or meaning of a word. quips, and cranks, and wanton wiles.
7. a twist or turn of the mind; caprice; whim; crotchet; also, a fit of temper or passion. [prov. eng.] violent of temper; subject to sudden cranks. arlyle.
8. a person full of crotchets; one given to fantastic or impracticable projects; one whose judgment is perverted in respect to a particular matter. [colloq.].
9. a sick person; an invalid. [obs.] thou art a counterfeit crank, a cheater.crank axle (mach.), a driving axle formed with a crank or cranks, as in some kinds of locomotives.crank pin (mach.), the cylindrical piece which forms the handle, or to which the connecting rod is attached, at the end of a crank, or between the arms of a double crank.crank shaft, a shaft bent into a crank, or having a crank fastened to it, by which it drives or is driven.crank wheel, a wheel acting as a crank, or having a wrist to which a connecting rod is attached.crank \crank\ (kr?nk), a. [as. cranc weak; akin to icel. krangr, d. & g. krank sick, weak (cf. d. krengen to careen). cf. crank, n.].
10. sick; infirm. [prov. eng.].
11. (naut.) liable to careen or be overset, as a ship when she is too narrow, or has not sufficient ballast, or is loaded too high, to carry full sail.
12. full of spirit; brisk; lively; sprightly; overconfident; opinionated. he who was, a little before, bedrid, was now crank and lusty. if you strong electioners did not think you were among the elect, you would not be so crank about it. stowe.crank \crank\, v. i. [see:
crank, n.] to run with a winding course; to double; to crook; to wind and turn. see:
how this river comes me cranking in.crank (used of boats) inclined to heel over easily under sail [syn: cranky, tender, tippy] n.
13. a bad-tempered person [syn: grouch, grump, churl, crosspatch].
14. a whimsically eccentric person [syn: crackpot, nut, nut case , nutcase, fruitcake, screwball].
15. a hand tool consisting of a rotating shaft with parallel handle [syn: starter] v 1: travel along a zigzag path: "the river zigzags through the countryside" [syn: zigzag] 2: start by cranking; of engines [syn: crank up] 3: rotate with a crank [syn: crank up].
16. fasten with a crank.
17. bend into the shape of a crank.
18. A bent portion of an axle, or shaft, or an arm keyed at right angles to the end of a shaft, by which motion is imparted to or received from it; also used to change circular into reciprocating motion, or reciprocating into circular motion.
19. See Bell crank.
20. Any bend, turn, or winding, as of a passage.
21. A twist or turn in speech; a conceit consisting in a change of the form or meaning of a word.
22. A twist or turn of the mind; caprice; whim; crotchet; also, a fit of temper or passion.
23. A person full of crotchets; one given to fantastic or impracticable projects; one whose judgment is perverted in respect to a particular matter.
24. A sick person; an invalid.
25. Sick; infirm.
26. Liable to careen or be overset, as a ship when she is too narrow, or has not sufficient ballast, or is loaded too high, to carry full sail.
27. Full of spirit; brisk; lively; sprightly; overconfident; opinionated.
28. To run with a winding course; to double; to crook; to wind and turn. a hand tool consisting of a rotating shaft with parallel handle bend into the shape of a crank fasten with a crank rotate with a crank start by cranking; "crank up the engine" inclined to heel over easily under sail.
29. 1. disapproval If you call someone a crank, you think their ideas or behaviour are strange. The Prime Minister called Councillor Marshall `a crank'.
30. A crank is a device that you turn in order to make something move.
31. If you crank an engine or machine, you make it move or function, especially by turning a handle. The chauffeur got out to crank the motor. Liable to capsize; unstable. crank up to make something move by turning a crank. In mechanics, an arm secured at right angles to a shaft with which it can rotate or oscillate. Next to the wheel, the crank is the most important motion-transmitting device, because, with the connecting rod, it provides means for converting linear to rotary motion, and vice versa. The first recognizable crank is said to have appeared in China in the 1st century AD. The carpenter's brace was invented 1400 by a Flemish carpenter. The first mechanical connecting rods were reportedly used on a treadle-operated machine in 1430. About this time, flywheels were added to the rotating members to carry the members over the "dead" positions when the rod and the crank arm are lined up with each other.
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