noun

1. 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.”

2. The act of converting power into motion, by turning a crankshaft.

   “Yes, a crank was all it needed to start.”

3. Any bend, turn, or winding, as of a passage.

Synonyms: cock, dick, crackpot, kook, odd duck, weirdo

verb

1. To turn by means of a crank.

   “Motorists had to crank their engine by hand.”

2. To turn a crank.

   “He's been cranking all day and yet it refuses to crank.”

3. (of a crank or similar) To turn.

   “He's been cranking all day and yet it refuses to crank.”

adjective

1. Strange, weird, odd.

2. Sick; unwell

3. (of a ship) Liable to capsize because of poorly stowed cargo or insufficient ballast.

Synonyms: infirm

noun

1. A highly addictive phenethylamine stimulant drug, similar to cocaine. Its systematic (IUPAC) name is (S)-N-methyl-1-phenylpropan-2-amine.

Synonyms: crystal, crystal meth, glass, ice, meth, methamphetamines, methylamphetamine, speed