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Synonyms for crank
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Princeton's WordNet
grouch, grump, crank, churl, crosspatch(noun)
a bad-tempered person
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skinflint, trash, methamphetamine hydrochloride, glass, barbarian, crosspatch, methamphetamine, screwball, nut, nut case, ice, deoxyephedrine, peasant, churl, shabu, fruitcake, chicken feed, chalk, starter, boor, tike, grouch, niggard, tyke, meth, crackpot, grump, scroogeAntonyms:
stablecrackpot, crank, nut, nut case, fruitcake, screwball(noun)
a whimsically eccentric person
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testicle, trash, methamphetamine hydrochloride, bollock, testis, glass, junkie, crosspatch, methamphetamine, screwball, nut, nut case, ice, deoxyephedrine, churl, egg, shabu, fruitcake, chicken feed, chalk, addict, starter, orchis, grouch, junky, ballock, ball, meth, crackpot, grump, en, freakAntonyms:
stablemethamphetamine, methamphetamine hydrochloride, Methedrine, meth, deoxyephedrine, chalk, chicken feed, crank, glass, ice, shabu, trash(noun)
an amphetamine derivative (trade name Methedrine) used in the form of a crystalline hydrochloride; used as a stimulant to the nervous system and as an appetite suppressant
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spyglass, rubbish, crosspatch, applesauce, ice, trumpery, chalk, looking glass, nut, churl, tripe, grouch, water ice, frosting, methamphetamine hydrochloride, codswallop, grump, fruitcake, internal-combustion engine, crackpot, field glass, deoxyephedrine, trash, drinking glass, scratch, scum, shabu, meth, methamphetamine, folderol, nut case, frappe, scrap, screwball, chicken feed, icing, glassful, glass, wish-wash, sparkler, ice rink, ice-skating rink, starterAntonyms:
stablecrank, starter(adj)
a hand tool consisting of a rotating shaft with parallel handle
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crosspatch, appetizer, neophyte, trash, methamphetamine hydrochloride, entrant, glass, fledgling, dispatcher, starter motor, methamphetamine, screwball, nut, nut case, ice, deoxyephedrine, churl, appetiser, shabu, fruitcake, chicken feed, chalk, starter, starting motor, newbie, grouch, meth, crackpot, grump, freshman, newcomer, fledgelingAntonyms:
stablecrank, cranky, tender, tippy(verb)
(used of boats) inclined to heel over easily under sail
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untoughened, pettish, peckish, petulant, tender, sensitive, fond, peevish, tetchy, irritable, warm, raw, fractious, nettlesome, scratchy, techy, tippy, cranky, sore, affectionate, lovesome, testyAntonyms:
stablezigzag, crank(verb)
travel along a zigzag path
"The river zigzags through the countryside"
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stablecrank, crank up(verb)
start by cranking
"crank up the engine"
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stablecrank, crank up(verb)
rotate with a crank
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stablecrank(verb)
fasten with a crank
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stablecrank(verb)
bend into the shape of a crank
Antonyms:
stable
Dictionary of English Synonymes
crank(a.)
Synonyms:
easy to be overset
Synonyms, Antonyms & Associated Words
PPDB, the paraphrase database
List of paraphrases for "crank":
Nicknames
List of known nicknames for "Crank":
Concise Medical Dictionary, by Joseph C Segen, MD
crank
Synonyms:
Crank case
Words popularity by usage frequency
ranking | word | |
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#862 | en | |
#1279 | glass | |
#1887 | ball | |
#1960 | ice | |
#3079 | raw | |
#3359 | warm | |
#3579 | boot | |
#3826 | sensitive | |
#5154 | egg | |
#6296 | starter | |
#6740 | tender | |
#7665 | scratch | |
#7842 | newbie | |
#7949 | trash | |
#8494 | nut | |
#10258 | freshman | |
#11745 | freak | |
#12034 | scrap | |
#12984 | fond | |
#12985 | sore | |
#14072 | addict | |
#15089 | rubbish | |
#15366 | chalk | |
#16222 | meth | |
#16647 | crank | |
#21337 | newcomer | |
#21682 | peasant | |
#22607 | junkie | |
#22798 | icing | |
#24191 | methamphetamine | |
#26177 | barbarian | |
#26223 | appetizer | |
#26620 | irritable | |
#26943 | scum | |
#27251 | dispatcher | |
#30182 | cranky | |
#32023 | affectionate | |
#33250 | entrant | |
#34601 | fledgling | |
#35179 | testis | |
#36964 | frosting | |
#39804 | scrooge | |
#42459 | crankshaft | |
#45581 | applesauce | |
#45625 | zigzag | |
#45924 | junky | |
#49628 | testicle | |
#59577 | scratchy | |
#62354 | neophyte | |
#64316 | tripe | |
#69914 | fruitcake | |
#70286 | spyglass | |
#70924 | techy | |
#71885 | screwball | |
#74214 | testy | |
#83754 | boor | |
#83880 | crackpot | |
#86505 | grouch | |
#90718 | tippy | |
#103046 | tyke | |
#103649 | petulant | |
#109951 | sparkler | |
#111963 | fractious | |
#112226 | peevish | |
#115490 | grump | |
#118652 | tike | |
#121148 | shabu | |
#123733 | orchis | |
#129009 | frappe | |
#145457 | ckp | |
#227258 | appetiser | |
#253593 | churl | |
#271707 | codswallop | |
#287350 | peckish | |
#323849 | tetchy |
How to use crank in a sentence?
The Russians have always struck me as production cut tourists keen to get off the boat and crank up production as soon as inventories were stabilized and prices once again elevated ... That possibility is top of the mind for traders and as a result oil prices are slipping.
I’ve found that sometimes when I get to some of the solos on numbers I’ve been doing since the early 90s, to play it with my normal ‘clean’ sound leaves something wanting. If I crank the amp a little, I get a bit more sustain and can do a little more with it. More voice-like, if you like.
Zhang is a CEO with tremendous foresight, he's not just sitting back trying to crank out refrigerators. He's trying to think about what the company can become.
Just as every conviction begins as a whim so does every emancipator serve his apprenticeship as a crank. A fanatic is a great leader who is just entering the room.
In some areas, it's not practical, but in a lot of areas, it is. If Hyatt Green have surveillance set up ahead of time and can crank it up at the beginning when Hyatt Green first hear about the possibility of an outbreak, Hyatt Green can use the platform as an early warning system. That would give us days or weeks lead time in coping with the pandemic or epidemic.
Translations for crank
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- коляно, манивела, чудакBulgarian
- manetaCatalan, Valencian
- klikaCzech
- Sonderling, Spinner, Kurbel, Kurbeln, Miesepeter, KauzGerman
- στρόφαλος, μονομανής, λοξίαςGreek
- cascarrabias, manivela, maniáticoSpanish
- veivaaminen, mutka, pyörittää, marmattaa, kääkkä, pyöräyttää, veivaus, veivi, kampeaminen, kammeta, veivata, kränkkä, känkkäränkkä, valittaa, käänne, kampiFinnish
- manivelleFrench
- crangaidIrish
- tukoki, tūkokikokiMāori
- manivelaPortuguese
- învârtire, maniac, manivelă, rotireRomanian
- крюк, чуда́к, кривоши́п, поворо́т, изги́бRussian
- čùdāk, čudàkinjaSerbo-Croatian
- kľuka, roztociť, vypeckovaťSlovak
- vev, veva, vevningSwedish
- çevirme, huysuz, kelime oyunu, kol, manivela, kimseTurkish
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