Search:   Dictionary All Posts
Store Your Knowledge at the Brain Bank!
Login / Register - It's free!

cranks Definition

Cancel
Login to Create a ListRegister for Free!
cranks
verb(crank)
start by cranking
Synonyms: crank up,
Examples:
Crank up the engine.
cranks
verb(crank)
rotate with a crank
Synonyms: crank up,
cranks
noun(crank)
a whimsically eccentric person
Synonyms: crackpot, fruitcake, nut, nut case, screwball,
cranks
noun(crank)
an amphetamine derivative (trade name Methedrine) used in the form of a crystalline hydrochloride; used as a stimulant to the nervous system and as an appetite suppressant
Synonyms: chalk, chicken feed, deoxyephedrine, glass, ice, meth, methamphetamine, methamphetamine hydrochloride, methedrine, shabu, trash,
cranks
noun(crank)
a hand tool consisting of a rotating shaft with parallel handle
Synonyms: starter,
cranks
adjective(crank)
(used of boats) inclined to heel over easily under sail
Synonyms: cranky, tender, tippy,
cranks
verb(crank)
travel along a zigzag path
Synonyms: zigzag,
cranks
noun(crank)
a bad-tempered person
Synonyms: churl, crosspatch, grouch, grump,
cranks
verb(crank)
bend into the shape of a crank
cranks
verb(crank)
fasten with a crank

Words Related to cranks!

cranky, nut, tippy, crackpot, grump, nutcase, fruitcake, screwball, churl, grouch, starter, unstable, zigzag, tender, crank up, crosspatch, turns, starts, cracking, boot, cracks, boots, fires, churns, ratchets, pops, hums, gears, amps, spits, ranters, idles, burble, clunks, mashes, hypes, screechers, whomps, trots, whirls, spooling, rev, gabble, shifters, plops, presses, crackles, screamers, bellows, thrums, thunders, clingers, alnico, gooses, creeps, spouts, blowhard, freaks, buzzes, whips, rumbles, rachet, spewer, conks, spins, rolls, zips, clanks, grinders, clangs, fizzles, stirrer, steams, peps, boogies, triode, swells, tootles, hokum, chokes, whines, yanks, dubs, motors, whirring, tinkers, lurches, ginning, rips, moper, grouches, blares, clattery, chews, beefs, peavey, clacks, sloshes, peters, bloviation,

cranks Examples by Brain Bank Users