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)
темерут noun (ill-tempered or nasty person)
чудак noun (slang: strange person)

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

3 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)
民科 noun (pseudoscience advocate)
民間科學家 /民间科学家 noun (pseudoscience advocate)

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

4 entries

aluhoedje noun (pseudoscience advocate)
complotdenker noun (pseudoscience advocate)
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

4 entries

kampeaminen noun (act of turning a crankshaft)
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)
kränkkä noun (ill-tempered or nasty person)
känkkäränkkä noun (ill-tempered or nasty person)

French

3 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)
original noun (slang: strange person)
tordu noun (slang: strange person)

German

4 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)
Kurbeln noun (act of turning a crankshaft)
Miesepeter noun (ill-tempered or nasty person)
Sonderling noun (slang: strange person)

Greek

3 entries

λοξίας noun (ill-tempered or nasty person)
μονομανής noun (ill-tempered or nasty person)
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

4 entries

вр́тење noun (act of turning a crankshaft)
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)
на́мќор noun (ill-tempered or nasty person)
чу́дак noun (slang: strange person)

Māori

3 entries

hūkokikoki adj (liable to capsize of a boat)
tukoki adj (liable to capsize of a boat)
tūkokikoki adj (liable to capsize of a boat)

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

2 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)
sveive verb (to turn a crank)

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

4 entries

maniac noun (ill-tempered or nasty person)
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)
rotire noun (act of turning a crankshaft)
învârtire noun (act of turning a crankshaft)

Russian

4 entries

изги́б noun (any bend, turn, or winding, as of a passage)
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)
крюк noun (any bend, turn, or winding, as of a passage)
поворо́т noun (any bend, turn, or winding, as of a passage)

Serbo-Croatian

2 entries

čudàkinja noun (ill-tempered or nasty person)
čùdāk noun (ill-tempered or nasty person)

Slovak

3 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)
roztociť verb (to turn a crank)
vypeckovať verb (to turn a crank)

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)
cascarrabias noun (ill-tempered or nasty person)
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)
curva noun (any bend, turn, or winding, as of a passage)

Swedish

4 entries

fåne noun (slang: strange person)
krök noun (any bend, turn, or winding, as of a passage)
original noun (slang: strange person)
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

4 entries

acaip noun (slang: strange person)
huysuz noun (ill-tempered or nasty person)
kelime oyunu noun (twist or turn in speech)
kimse noun (slang: strange person)

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

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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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