crank

Significado de crank

adj.

Manivelar, manivela, girar.

n.

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

adj.

cranky, tender, tippy, unstable similar term noun, grouch, grump, churl, crosspatch, unpleasant person generic term, disagreeable person generic term noun, crackpot, nut, nut case, nutcase, fruitcake, screwball, eccentric generic term, eccentric person generic term, flake generic term, oddball generic term, geek generic term noun, methamphetamine, methamphetamine hydrochloride, Methedrine, meth, deoxyephedrine, chalk, chicken feed, glass, ice, shabu, trash, amphetamine generic term, pep pill generic term, upper generic term, speed generic term, controlled substance generic term noun, starter, hand tool generic term verb, zigzag, travel generic term, go generic term, move generic term, locomote generic term verb, crank up, start generic term, start up generic term verb, crank up, rotate generic term, circumvolve generic term verb, fasten generic term, fix generic term, secure generic term verb, flex generic term, bend generic term, deform generic term, twist generic term, turn generic term

Vogais: a

Consoantes: crnk

Palavras Parecidas

cranky, crang, cronk, crunk, caranx, cranch, crankcase, cranage, craning, crannog.