crank
/kɹæŋk/ sustantivo C2En español: rotar, girar, dar vuelta a, curva
- A bent piece of an axle or shaft, or an attached arm perpendicular, or nearly so, to the end of a shaft or wheel, used to impart a rotation to a wheel or other mechanical device; also used to change circular into reciprocating motion, or reciprocating into circular motion. · I grind my coffee by hand with a coffee grinder with a crank handle.
- The act of converting power into motion, by turning a crankshaft. · Yes, a crank was all it needed to start.· Give it a forceful crank.
- Synonym of methamphetamine. · Danny got abscesses from shooting all that bathtub crank.
- The penis.
Plural cranks
Phrasal verbs y expresiones
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Lynde says that her father is a perfect old crank, and meaner than second skimmings.
Old Frankland the crank?”
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