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

1. noun. 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.
2. noun. Any bend, turn, or winding, as of a passage.
3. noun. A twist or turn in speech; a conceit consisting in a change of the form or meaning of a word.
4. noun. A twist or turn of the mind; caprice; whim; crotchet; also, a fit of temper or passion.
5. noun. A person full of crotchets; one given to fantastic or impracticable projects; one whose judgment is perverted in respect to a particular matter.
6. noun. A sick person; an invalid.
7. noun. Sick; infirm.
8. noun. 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.
9. noun. Full of spirit; brisk; lively; sprightly; overconfident; opinionated.
10. noun. To run with a winding course; to double; to crook; to wind and turn.
11. noun. a hand tool consisting of a rotating shaft with parallel handle

    Synonyms: starter

12. 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

    Synonyms: chalk, deoxyephedrine, glass, ice, meth, methamphetamine, methedrine, shabu, trash

13. noun. a whimsically eccentric person

    Synonyms: crackpot, fruitcake, nut, screwball

14. noun. a bad-tempered person

    Synonyms: churl, crosspatch, grouch, grump

15. verb. bend into the shape of a crank
16. verb. fasten with a crank
17. verb. rotate with a crank
18. verb. start by cranking

    "crank up the engine"

19. verb. travel along a zigzag path

    "The river zigzags through the countryside"

    Synonyms: zigzag

20. adjective. (used of boats) inclined to heel over easily under sail

    Synonyms: cranky, tender, tippy

Synonyms

starter, chalk, deoxyephedrine, glass, ice, meth, methamphetamine, methedrine, shabu, trash, crackpot, fruitcake, nut, screwball, churl, crosspatch, grouch, grump, zigzag, cranky, tender, tippy

Common word forms

cranks, cranked, cranker, crankly, crankest, cranking, crankous, crankless, crankness

Words from these letters

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