crank lever

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• crank — Synonyms and related words: L, Tartar, abnormal, aficionado, alien, angle, angle off, anomalous, apex, bar, beam, bear, bee, bellyacher, bend, bifurcate, bifurcation, bight, boom, boutade, brainstorm, branch, branks, buff, bug, cant, cant hook,… …   Moby Thesaurus

• crank — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) n. handle, winder, key; quirk; eccentric, oddball, fanatic, grouch (inf.), crab, crackpot (sl.), screwball (sl.), nut (sl.). v. crank up, start; wind, turn, twist. See unconformity, rotation, elevation.… …   English dictionary for students

• crank —    an erect penis    Literally, an actuating lever which projects:     ... locks [my diary] up at night to make sure your wife does not... riffle the pages looking for another passage about my hand on my crank. (Turow, 1993) …   How not to say what you mean: A dictionary of euphemisms

• crank — kræŋk n. lever, handle; eccentric person, oddball, crackpot v. rotate; turn a lever; start an engine …   English contemporary dictionary

• lever — Synonyms and related words: Charlie McCarthy, agent, ancilla, appliance, bar, beam, boom, cant hook, claw bar, contrivance, crab, crane, crank, creature, crow, crowbar, derrick, device, dummy, dupe, erector, forklift, gantry crane, get a foothold …   Moby Thesaurus

• crank — n 1. lever, arm, bar, shaft, spindle, crankshaft; handle, Print. rounce; pulley, gin, windlass, capstan. 2. grouch, crab, bear, churl, Inf. sourpuss; scold, nag, shrew, virago; scowler, snarler, frowner, wasp, Inf. crosspatch. 3. zealot, fanatic …   A Note on the Style of the synonym finder

• bell crank — noun Etymology: so called from the bell wires used to transfer motion : a lever having its fulcrum at the apex of the angle formed by its two arms * * * bell cranked, adj. Mach. a lever or rocker having two arms meeting at a pivot at a right… …   Useful english dictionary

• Side lever — Side Side, a. 1. Of or pertaining to a side, or the sides; being on the side, or toward the side; lateral. [1913 Webster] One mighty squadron with a side wind sped. Dryden. [1913 Webster] 2. Hence, indirect; oblique; collateral; incidental; as, a …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

• Side-lever engine — Side Side, a. 1. Of or pertaining to a side, or the sides; being on the side, or toward the side; lateral. [1913 Webster] One mighty squadron with a side wind sped. Dryden. [1913 Webster] 2. Hence, indirect; oblique; collateral; incidental; as, a …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

• Bell crank — A lever whose two arms form a right angle, or nearly a right angle, having its fulcrum at the apex of the angle. It is used in bell pulls and in changing the direction of bell wires at angles of rooms, etc., and also in machinery. [1913 Webster] …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

• bell crank — bell cranked, adj. Mach. a lever or rocker having two arms meeting at a pivot at a right angle, used for transmitting motion between two parts meeting at an angle. [1880 85] * * * …   Universalium