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• crank — crank1 [kraŋk] n. [ME < OE cranc , as in crancstæf, yarn comb, CRINGE, CRINKLE: basic sense “something twisted”: for IE base see CRADLE] 1. a handle or arm bent at right angles and connected to a shaft of a machine, used to transmit motion or… …   English World dictionary

• Crank — may refer to: Contents 1 Mechanism 2 People 3 Places 4 …   Wikipedia

• crank — crank1 crankless, adj. /krangk/, n. 1. Mach. any of several types of arms or levers for imparting rotary or oscillatory motion to a rotating shaft, one end of the crank being fixed to the shaft and the other end receiving reciprocating motion… …   Universalium

• crank — I. noun Etymology: Middle English cranke, from Old English cranc (as in crancstæf, a weaving instrument); probably akin to Middle High German krank weak, sick more at cringe Date: 13th century 1. a bent part of an axle or shaft or an arm keyed at …   New Collegiate Dictionary

• crank — I. /kræŋk / (say krangk) noun 1. Machinery a device for communicating motion, or for changing rotary motion into reciprocating motion, or vice versa, consisting in its simplest form of an arm projecting from, or secured at right angles at the end …  

• crank — I [[t]kræŋk[/t]] n. 1) mac any of several types of arms or levers for imparting rotary or oscillatory motion to a rotating shaft 2) inf Informal. an ill tempered person 3) an unbalanced person who is overzealous in the advocacy of a private cause …   From formal English to slang

• crank — {{11}}crank (n.) O.E. cranc preserved in crancstæf a weaver s instrument, crencestre female weaver, spinster, from P.Gmc. base *krank , and related to crincan to bend, yield. English retains the literal sense of the ancient root, while German and …   Etymology dictionary

• Crank (mechanism) — A crank is an arm attached at right angles to a rotating shaft by which reciprocating motion is imparted to or received from the shaft. It is used to change circular into reciprocating motion, or reciprocating into circular motion. The arm may be …   Wikipedia

• Crank (Hoodoo Gurus album) — Crank Studio album by Hoodoo Gurus Released September 13, 1994 …   Wikipedia

• Crank — (kr[a^][ng]k), n. [OE. cranke; akin to E. cringe, cringle, crinkle, and to crank, a., the root meaning, probably, to turn, twist. See {Cringe}.] 1. (Mach.) A bent portion of an axle, or shaft, or an arm keyed at right angles to the end of a shaft …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

• Crank axle — Crank Crank (kr[a^][ng]k), n. [OE. cranke; akin to E. cringe, cringle, crinkle, and to crank, a., the root meaning, probably, to turn, twist. See {Cringe}.] 1. (Mach.) A bent portion of an axle, or shaft, or an arm keyed at right angles to the… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English