crank

Examples

• All

• We are about to earn fifteen hundred for delivering sixty-five grand worth of crank.

  Fiction book (1997)

• Hey, look man, let's do some crank.

  Murder Party (2007)

• When I met Faith, she was just another... another runaway... giving $20 blow jobs to buy crank.

  Strange Days (1995)

• "The bikers said it was just crank," Roy said.

  Fiction book (1999)

• Are you on crank?

  Small Soldiers (1998)

• Now, you're cooking crank out of somebody's garage.

  Rampart (2011)

• Meth—crank, ice, crystal, glass—is a cheap, nasty stimulant and one of the most addictive and destructive of all drugs.

  Academic text (2009)

• The police arrested him for trafficking crank, which is a serious offense.

• They found a stash of crank hidden behind the wall in the abandoned building.

Synonyms

M

meth

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129 9.1

A strong illegal drug that makes people more awake and quickly addicted

is the slang label often used for the same substance in crystalline form

I

ice

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65 9.9

A very strong illegal crystal drug that people take to feel more awake

is the informal term often applied to that same crystalline form

M

methamphetamine

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30 8.6

A strong stimulant drug that makes people very awake and is highly addictive and often abused illegally

is an informal slang term often for the drug's crystalline form

G

glass

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19 9.9

A slang word for a strong illegal drug used for getting high

is a slang name people use for that illicit crystalline substance

C

chalk

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3 9.9

A slang word for the illegal drug methamphetamine

is the slang term often used for that derivative when referred to illegally

S

shabu

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2 9.9

A strong illegal drug in white crystals that makes people feel awake and active

is the informal slang term people might use for that regional form

M

methamphetamine hydrochloride

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7.4

A strong stimulant drug used in medicine but often abused

is the informal street name people use for that medical form

M

Methedrine

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9.9

A brand name for methamphetamine, a drug that makes you more awake and lowers appetite

is the casual slang people use instead of the trade name

D

deoxyephedrine

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9.9

A drug that makes people more awake and less hungry

is the slang expression often used for the substance rather than the medical name

Compounds

C

crank call

• Offensive

4 6.7

A telephone call made to annoy someone as a joke

C

crank arm

• Specialized

1 3.8

A metal arm that connects a bicycle pedal to the chain

C

crank letter

• Offensive

1 8.6

A letter sent anonymously to threaten or upset someone

C

crank handle

4.9

A piece you turn by hand to start an engine or make a machine work

C

crank science

• Slang

9.6

False or not proven ideas that claim to explain how the world works

Surface Forms

Etymology