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    [Noun]  | "crank" | \ ˈkraŋk \


    1: a bent part of an axle or shaft or an arm keyed at right angles to the end of a shaft by which circular motion is imparted to or received from the shaft or by which reciprocating motion is changed into circular motion or vice versa

    2: bend

    3: a twist or turn of speech : conceit —used especially in the phrase quips and cranks


    Origin: 13th century ;

     Middle English cranke, from Old English cranc- (as in crancstæf, a weaving instrument); probably akin to Middle High German krank weak, sick {mat|cringe|};

    [Verb]  | "crank" 


    1: to move with a winding course : zigzag

    2: to turn a crank

    3: to get started by or as if by the turning of a crank


    Origin: 1592 ;

    [Verb]  | "crank out" 


    1: to produce especially in a mechanical manner


    Origin: 1956 ;

    [Adjective]  | "crank" 


    1: of, relating to, or being a bad-tempered or annoyingly eccentric person; also : made or sent by such a person or by someone intending to be an annoyance or to cause harm


    Origin: 1924 ;

    [Adjective]  | "crank" 


    1: merry, high-spirited

    2: cocky, confident


    Origin: 15th century ;

     Middle English cranke;

    [Adjective]  | "crank" 


    1: easily tipped : tender


    Origin: circa 1649 ;

     Short for crank-sided easily tipped;

    [Adjective]  | "crank" 


    1: having or expressing feelings of joy or triumph;


      * e.g., " ... you shouldn't feel so crank, considering that you beat the worst softball team in the league "





    2: joyously unrestrained;


      * e.g., " ... folks around here are downright crank that a local boy won a gold medal in the Olympics "



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    [Noun]  | "crank" 


    1: a person of odd or whimsical habits;


      * e.g., " ... she's a bit of a crank, but still a good-hearted person "



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    2: an irritable and complaining person;


      * e.g., " ... he's always a crank until he has his morning coffee "



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    3: a sudden impulsive and apparently unmotivated idea or action;


      * e.g., " ... his endless and unpredictable cranks made spending time with him exhausting "



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    [Verb]  | "crank" 


    1: as in reel, wind;


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    [Verb]  | "crank (up)" 


    1: to cause to function;


      * e.g., " ... crank up the CD player so we can dance "





     [ "crank" ]

    1: Meth amphetamine, aka CRANK is called Crank because it cranks you up, you are driven, full of energy, cranked up, like the volume on a radio, full blast, to the maximum. The idea that the drug is called Crank because it was smuggled in crank cases of vehicles is so ridiculous it is laughable. How much Crank do you think you could stash in the crank case of any vehicle, much less a motorcycle? Half a gram? What? And what do you suppose you would contain the meth in? Pour it into the oil, and then somehow retrieve it through chemical processes? Only a spun-out meth-head would buy into that belief. Ludicrous!

      * e.g.,  ... I did some crank and haven't slept in 3 days. 

     [ "crank" ]

    1: n. a crazy person, especially someone who purports to be a scientist or inventor who has discovered the answer to some important problem facing mankind, like curing all diseases, unlimited energy, levitation, aliens, etc. He defends his claims with the most ridiculous pseudoscientific crankisms, and claims that the government/mainstream science/experts are suppressing the truth.

      * e.g.,  ... Sometimes cranks are businesspeople, selling such wares as Q-ray bracelets that align your chi using q ions to give you enhanced energy. Probably the best known internet crank is Gene Ray, for his Time Cube site. 

     [ "crank" ]

    1: someone who is a bit of a twat or annoying you

      * e.g.,  ... "shut up you crank" 

     [ "crank" ]

    1: A cheap form of meth made in trailer kitchens. often causes gritting of teeth, assholeyness, destruction, inability to pay bills, romantic relationships with ones aids infected cousin, and finally complete retardation.

      * e.g.,  ...  Grary nd' nikole loves they crank. 

     [ "crank" ]

    1: to turn the volume of your sound system up real loud

      * e.g.,  ... "I love to crank up Metallica and watch the furniture fall apart!" 

     [ "crank" ]

    1: to cry and wank. after one has encountered an unfortunate incident in which they are forced to cry they go away to wank and cry at the same time.

      * e.g.,  ... jeremy cranked after ashley smacked him 

     [ "crank" ]

    1: A form of less pure meth made with anhydrous ammonia and lithium. The anhydrous ammonia is used in farming through out the mid-west. Crystal is a very pure form of meth made with red phosphras and iodine. Crank is often white to a peanut butter brown in color and is in powder or rock type form.

      * e.g.,  ... That guy buying all those cold pills is a crank cook..... 

     [ "crank" ]

    1: A versatile term originating from students at Birch Wathen Lenox, "crank" is used to portray any given action (most commonly hooking up or smoking marijuana.) However, it can be used to describe any action, as it is all up to the user's discretion.

      * e.g.,  ... Kid 1: I got OD trees 


     [ "crank" ]

    2: Alternate Variations: Crank dat (any noun/verb)

      * e.g.,  ... Kid 2: Can we crank? 

     [ "crank" ]

    1: n. penis

      * e.g.,  ... Dude got caught with his hand on his crank. 

     [ "crank" ]

    1: male sex organ, the penis, the dick, the bone, the rod.

      * e.g.,  ... Hey Ee-dit, slobber around on my crank dere will ya? 

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