Definiciones
1.AdjectiveHard; difficult.
2.AdjectiveStrange; weird; odd.
3.AdjectiveBent; twisted; crooked; distorted; out of repair.
4.AdjectiveSick; unwell.
5.AdjectiveLiable to capsize because of poorly stowed cargo or insufficient ballast.
6.AdjectiveFull of spirit; brisk; lively; sprightly; overconfident; opinionated.
7.NounAn ailment, ache.
8.NounAn ill-tempered or nasty person."Billy-Bob is a nasty old crank! He chased my cat away."
9.NounA twist or turn of the mind; caprice; whim;
10.NounA fit of temper or passion.
11.NounA person who is considered strange or odd by others, and may behave in unconventional ways."John is a crank because he talks to himself."
12.NounAn amateur in science or other technical subjects who persistently advocates flawed theories."That crank next door thinks he’s created cold fusion in his garage."
13.NounA baseball fan.
14.NounA sick person; an invalid.
15.NounA bent piece of an axle or shaft, or an attached arm perpendicular, or nearly so, to the end of a shaft or wheel, used to impart a rotation to a wheel or other mechanical device; also used to change circular into reciprocating motion, or reciprocating into circular motion."I grind my coffee by hand with a coffee grinder with a crank handle."
16.NounClipping of crankshaft.
17.NounThe act of converting power into motion, by turning a crankshaft."Yes, a crank was all it needed to start.; Give it a forceful crank."
18.NounAny bend, turn, or winding, as of a passage.
19.NounSynonym of methamphetamine."Danny got abscesses from shooting all that bathtub crank."
20.NounA twist or turn in speech; word play consisting in a change of the form or meaning of a word.
21.NounThe penis.
22.VerbTo turn by means of a crank."Motorists had to crank their engine by hand."
23.VerbTo turn a crank."He's been cranking all day and yet it refuses to crank."
24.VerbTo turn."He's been cranking all day and yet it refuses to crank."
25.VerbTo cause to spin via other means, as though turned by a crank."I turn the key and crank the engine; yet it doesn't turn over; Crank it up!"
26.VerbTo act in a cranky manner; to behave unreasonably and irritably, especially through complaining."Quit cranking about your spilt milk!"
27.VerbTo be running at a high level of output or effort."By one hour into the shift, the boys were really cranking."
28.VerbTo run with a winding course; to double; to crook; to wind and turn.