crank
22
4.5
- noun
- /kræŋk/
:
manivela
- We no longer use hand cranks to turn down the windows in vehicles.
- hand crank
- turn the crank
- crank arm
Now you turn the crank once, twice, twice.
- Now you turn the crank once, twice, twice.
- And they have the window crank but it's a button.
- You can have a camera maybe like the one with this little crank on it.
Examples
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To start the old machine, you need to turn the crank a few times.
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Just turn the crank and computers could do this.
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Now you turn the crank once, twice, twice.
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You pop it out, the crank appears, and then you crank the window down.
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Let me show you, when I put this crank on it, see how easy it is to turn.
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When the light turns green, you turn this crank to the left.
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Next, he took hold of the crank and tried to start the engine.
Fiction book (2000) -
This is a manual crank that I can just come up and open up just like this.
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Phil shoves him out of the way and takes over the crank, turning it as fast as he can.
Fiction book (1990) -
Slowly, he begins to turn the crank, rewinding the film.
Fiction book (2001)
Synonyms
1
3.8
A metal arm that connects a bicycle pedal to the chain
A piece you turn by hand to start an engine or make a machine work
A spare handle used to turn a machine by hand
A metal crank you put into an engine and turn by hand to make it run
A round part you turn by hand to operate or adjust a machine
Compounds
How Powerful
- Specialized
10
3.5
2
3.5
- Archaic
- Specialized
2
9.3
22
4.5
Surface Forms
Etymology
Crank comes from an old word for 'bent', and it became the name for a bent handle or arm you turn by hand, like the part used to start old engines.