Dictionary Entry
crank
crank is a 5-letter English word with 20 senses as noun, verb, and adjective in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: 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. Face value is 11 in Scrabble and 13 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.
5 letters · Scrabble 11 · Words With Friends 13 · 20 senses
Definitions
- 1noun
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.
- 2noun
Any bend, turn, or winding, as of a passage.
- 3noun
A twist or turn in speech; a conceit consisting in a change of the form or meaning of a word.
- 4noun
A twist or turn of the mind; caprice; whim; crotchet; also, a fit of temper or passion.
- 5noun
A person full of crotchets; one given to fantastic or impracticable projects; one whose judgment is perverted in respect to a particular matter.
- 6noun
A sick person; an invalid.
- 7noun
Sick; infirm.
- 8noun
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.
- 9noun
Full of spirit; brisk; lively; sprightly; overconfident; opinionated.
- 10noun
To run with a winding course; to double; to crook; to wind and turn.
- 11noun
a hand tool consisting of a rotating shaft with parallel handle
Synonyms
- 12noun
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
- 13noun
a whimsically eccentric person
- 14noun
a bad-tempered person
Synonyms
- 15verb
bend into the shape of a crank
- 16verb
fasten with a crank
- 17verb
rotate with a crank
- 18verb
start by cranking
"crank up the engine"
- 19verb
travel along a zigzag path
"The river zigzags through the countryside"
Synonyms
- 20adjective
(used of boats) inclined to heel over easily under sail
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