crank has definitions from the fields of sociology,medicine,pharmacology
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[ noun ] (sociology) a whimsically eccentric person

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eccentric

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[ noun ] a bad-tempered person
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[ verb ] bend into the shape of a crank

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bend

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[ verb ] fasten with a crank

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fasten

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[ verb ] rotate with a crank

Synonyms

crank_up

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rotate

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[ verb ] start by cranking; of engines

Synonyms

crank_up

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start

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[ verb ] travel along a zigzag path

Synonyms

zigzag

Examples

: "The river zigzags through the countryside"

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travel turn

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[ adjective ] (used of boats) inclined to heel over easily under sail

Synonyms

cranky tippy tender

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boat unstable

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[ noun ] (medicine,pharmacology) amphetamine used in the form of a crystalline hydrochloride; used as a stimulant to the nervous system and as an appetite suppressant
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[ noun ] Last name, frequency rank in the U.S. is 8583
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[ noun ] a hand tool consisting of a rotating shaft with parallel handle

Synonyms

starter

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hand_tool crank_handle

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