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kræŋk(a person with strange or odd ideas.) skrue, særling- cranky- crankinesssveivIsubst. \/kræŋk\/1) sveiv, håndsveiv, startsveiv (til bil), krumtapp, veivaksel2) ( om sykkel) krank, pedalarm3) ( hverdagslig) eksentrisk individ, underlig skrue, orginal, forklaring: person med merkelige idéer, fantast4) underlig talemåte, snurrig\/merkelig innfall5) (amer., hverdagslig) grinebiter, surpompquips and cranks søkte vendingerturn the crank dra sveiva, sveiveIIverb \/kræŋk\/1) sveive (f.eks. startsveiv)2) forsyne med sveiv3) bøye\/bryte rettvinklet4) forkrøppecrank down sveive nedcrank something up (amer., hverdagslig) starte noe, sveive noe igang øke farten på noe, øke lydstyrken på noe( om narkotika) sette (seg) et skuddIIIadj. \/kræŋk\/1) ( om maskin) løs, slarket, i uorden2) ( om seilskip) ustø, vaklende, rank3) ( dialekt) kjepphøy, overmodig, kry4) ( skotsk) forvridd5) underlig, sinnsforvirret, forskruddcrank call forklaring: telefonoppringing foretatt bare for spøkhan bruker kveldene på å «tulleringe»
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