[kraŋk], (Verb)

Definitions:
- turn the crankshaft of (an internal combustion engine) in order to start the engine
(e.g: the starter motor struggled to crank the engine)

- give a bend to (a shaft, bar, etc.)
(e.g: I've cranked the shaft of the gear lever to get it further away from the dashboard)

- inject a narcotic drug
(e.g: he's been cranking up on smack)


Phrases:

Origin:
Old English cranc (recorded in crancstæf, denoting a weaver's implement), related to crincan (see cringe)

[kraŋk], (Noun)

Definitions:
- a part of an axle or shaft bent out at right angles, for converting reciprocal to circular motion and vice versa
(e.g: a long con rod which acts as a longer lever on the crank)

- the drug methamphetamine


Phrases:

Origin:
Old English cranc (recorded in crancstæf, denoting a weaver's implement), related to crincan (see cringe)

[kraŋk], (Noun)

Definitions:
- an eccentric person, especially one who is obsessed by a particular subject
(e.g: when he first started to air his views, they labelled him a crank)

- a fanciful turn of speech


Phrases:

Origin:

[kraŋk], (Adjective)

Definitions:
- (of a sailing ship) liable to heel over


Phrases:

Origin:
early 17th century: perhaps from dialect crank ‘weak, shaky’ (compare with cranky or crank)