Crank

/kɹæŋk/

Synonyms for "crank" (349 found)

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Closest matches (70)

aberration abnormal abnormality accelerator aficionado alien amateur angleangle offanomalous anomaly apex auto automobile bar beam bear bee bellyacher bend

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bifurcate bifurcation bight boom boutade brainstorm branch branks buff bug cantcant hookcapriccio caprice case character chevron circle circulate circumrotate circumvoluteclaw barcoin complainant complainer conceit corner crab crackbrain crackpotcrank incrankish cranky crazecrazy ideacroaker crook crosspatch

Noun(10 words)

amplify boost chalkchicken feedchurl crackpot crackpotscrank armcrankshafts crosspatch

Verb(1 words)

crank up

Adjective(1 words)

cranky

Strong matches (105)

crotchet crotchety crow crowbarcucking stoolcuckoo deflection deviant deviation deviative devotee differentding-a-lingdivergence divergent dogleg dotty dragondraw indraw taut

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ducking stooleccentric elbow ell energumen enthusiast erratic exceptional fad fan fanatic fanatico fancyfantastic notionfantasy faultfinder feist feyfinger pilloryfire eaterfire-eater flake flaky flimflamfool notionfork freak freakishfreakish inspirationfrondeur funny furcate furcation fury generatorgo aroundgo roundgripergrizzly beargrouch grouser growler grumbler gyrate gyre handspike harebrainharebrained ideahermit hobo hook hothead hotspur humor idiocratic idiosyncrasy idiosyncratic infatuate inflectioniron crowirregular irregularity

Noun(19 words)

curmudgeon curmudgeons deoxyephedrinedrive elementeccentric eccentricsengine componentfruitcake generate glass grouch grouches grumphand poweredhand poweringhandle ice increase irrationalist

Adjective(2 words)

dyspeptic grumpiest

Adjective(2 words)

ill infirm

Related words (174)

jimmy kicker kink kinky knee kook kooky kvetchllever limblone wolfloner lunaticlunatic fringemaggot maggoty malcontent marlinespike maverick

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megrim meshuggenah monomaniac muffler murmurer mutterer natural nonconformist nonconformity nook notion nut nutty oddodd fellowoddball oddity original outrigger outsider pariah partspassing fancypeavey peculiar peculiarity pedal pill pillorypinch barpirouette pivot point prize prypull inqueerqueer duckqueer fishqueer specimenquerulous personquirk quirky quoinrara avisreactionary reactionist rebel recluse reelreel inrevolveripping barrotate round screw screwball screwy singular singularity solitary sorehead sourpuss spar spin stocks strangestrange duckstrangeness swerve swing swivel tackle tartar tauten tighten toy tramp treadle treadmill trebuchet triangle triangles trim turnturn a pirouetteturn aroundturn roundtwist twisted typeugly customerunconventional unnatural vagary veer vertex wacky wamble weirdo wheel whimwhim whamwhim-wham whimsical whimsy whinerwhipping postwinch windwind inwindlasswooden horsewrecking barzag zealot zig zigzag

Noun(32 words)

kooks levermanual crank rotationmanufacturemechanism componentmeth methamphetaminemethamphetamine hydrochloridemethedrine monomaniacs nutnut caseoddball penis produce pundits raise rotate screwball shabu

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soreheads sourpusses starter trash turnturn wheelturning wheelweirdo windwind usable energywinding wingnut

Verb(2 words)

pedalled zigzag

Adjective(2 words)

tender tippy

Related word relations

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6 relation types

More general

38 entries

actuation amphetamine bend circumvolvecontrolled substancedeformdisagreeable personeccentriceccentric personengine componentfasten fix flake flex geek go

Showing 16 of 38 words.

More specific

15 entries

amplifyassembly lineboostcrank handlecrankpin crankshaft eccentrichand crankincreasemass productionoddball rotate turn weirdo wind

Collocations

8 entries

crank handlecrank mechanismcrankcase crankshafteccentric crankengine crankhand crankstarting crank

Inflections

3 entries

cranked cranking cranks

Derivations

5 entries

crankily crankiness crankish crankishness cranky

similar

1 entries

unstable

Translations

34 translations across 26 languages.

Arabic

1 entries

مِرْفَق noun (a bent piece of an axle or shaft, or an arm attached to the end of a shaft or wheel, used to impart a rotation)

Bulgarian

2 entries

коляно noun (a bent piece of an axle or shaft, or an arm attached to the end of a shaft or wheel, used to impart a rotation)
манивела noun (a bent piece of an axle or shaft, or an arm attached to the end of a shaft or wheel, used to impart a rotation)

Catalan

1 entries

maneta noun (a bent piece of an axle or shaft, or an arm attached to the end of a shaft or wheel, used to impart a rotation)

Chinese Mandarin

1 entries

曲柄 noun (a bent piece of an axle or shaft, or an arm attached to the end of a shaft or wheel, used to impart a rotation)

Czech

1 entries

klika noun (a bent piece of an axle or shaft, or an arm attached to the end of a shaft or wheel, used to impart a rotation)

Dutch

2 entries

krukas noun (a bent piece of an axle or shaft, or an arm attached to the end of a shaft or wheel, used to impart a rotation)
zwengel noun (a bent piece of an axle or shaft, or an arm attached to the end of a shaft or wheel, used to impart a rotation)

Esperanto

1 entries

kranko noun (a bent piece of an axle or shaft, or an arm attached to the end of a shaft or wheel, used to impart a rotation)

Finnish

3 entries

kampi noun (a bent piece of an axle or shaft, or an arm attached to the end of a shaft or wheel, used to impart a rotation)
veivi noun (a bent piece of an axle or shaft, or an arm attached to the end of a shaft or wheel, used to impart a rotation)
pyöräyttää verb (to produce or present a desired object)

French

1 entries

manivelle noun (a bent piece of an axle or shaft, or an arm attached to the end of a shaft or wheel, used to impart a rotation)

German

1 entries

Kurbel noun (a bent piece of an axle or shaft, or an arm attached to the end of a shaft or wheel, used to impart a rotation)

Greek

1 entries

στρόφαλος noun (a bent piece of an axle or shaft, or an arm attached to the end of a shaft or wheel, used to impart a rotation)

Hungarian

1 entries

kurbli noun (a bent piece of an axle or shaft, or an arm attached to the end of a shaft or wheel, used to impart a rotation)

Irish

1 entries

crangaid noun (a bent piece of an axle or shaft, or an arm attached to the end of a shaft or wheel, used to impart a rotation)

Italian

1 entries

manovella noun (a bent piece of an axle or shaft, or an arm attached to the end of a shaft or wheel, used to impart a rotation)

Macedonian

1 entries

ку́рбла noun (a bent piece of an axle or shaft, or an arm attached to the end of a shaft or wheel, used to impart a rotation)

Norman

1 entries

chanolle noun (a bent piece of an axle or shaft, or an arm attached to the end of a shaft or wheel, used to impart a rotation)

Norwegian Bokmål

1 entries

sveiv noun (a bent piece of an axle or shaft, or an arm attached to the end of a shaft or wheel, used to impart a rotation)

Plautdietsch

1 entries

Krenkj noun (a bent piece of an axle or shaft, or an arm attached to the end of a shaft or wheel, used to impart a rotation)

Portuguese

1 entries

manivela noun (a bent piece of an axle or shaft, or an arm attached to the end of a shaft or wheel, used to impart a rotation)

Romanian

1 entries

manivelă coarbă noun (a bent piece of an axle or shaft, or an arm attached to the end of a shaft or wheel, used to impart a rotation)

Russian

1 entries

кривоши́п noun (a bent piece of an axle or shaft, or an arm attached to the end of a shaft or wheel, used to impart a rotation)

Slovak

1 entries

kľuka noun (a bent piece of an axle or shaft, or an arm attached to the end of a shaft or wheel, used to impart a rotation)

Spanish

4 entries

biela noun (a bent piece of an axle or shaft, or an arm attached to the end of a shaft or wheel, used to impart a rotation)
cigüeñuela noun (a bent piece of an axle or shaft, or an arm attached to the end of a shaft or wheel, used to impart a rotation)
manivela noun (a bent piece of an axle or shaft, or an arm attached to the end of a shaft or wheel, used to impart a rotation)
rabil noun (a bent piece of an axle or shaft, or an arm attached to the end of a shaft or wheel, used to impart a rotation)

Swedish

1 entries

vev noun (a bent piece of an axle or shaft, or an arm attached to the end of a shaft or wheel, used to impart a rotation)

Turkish

2 entries

kol noun (a bent piece of an axle or shaft, or an arm attached to the end of a shaft or wheel, used to impart a rotation)
manivela noun (a bent piece of an axle or shaft, or an arm attached to the end of a shaft or wheel, used to impart a rotation)

Vietnamese

1 entries

giò đĩa noun (a bent piece of an axle or shaft, or an arm attached to the end of a shaft or wheel, used to impart a rotation)

Sample sentences

41 total sentences available.

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Hey! I don't want any crank calls - not at this hour.

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It will take you a whole lifetime to understand a crank like him.

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What a crank he is!

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If the man doesn't believe as we do, we say he is a crank, and that settles it. I mean, it does nowadays, because now we can't burn him.

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