cranky
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9.5
- adjective
- /ˈkræŋki/
- Jargon
- Every cranky bare-legged horse that comes in the stable I'll line up for you to look after.
Examples
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But this isn't a cranky horse; it's a scared horse.
Fiction book (1998) -
They're alright on a quiet horse, but give them a cranky one, they go to pieces.
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So it's a little bit cranky right now.
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Hold that cranky response.
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Just make a visual note of where the barf bag is located, take a nice deep breath, and hope the strip you're landing on isn't feeling too cranky.
Blog text (21) -
The rest of the world has looked on in growing incredulity as the young, charming, and filled-with-potential nation has grown into a self-indulgent, cranky, and unstable adolescent with a god complex and nuclear weapons.
Blog text (30) -
The sailboat felt cranky as the winds picked up, tilting dangerously to one side.
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During our trip, we realized the old yacht was particularly cranky whenever we sailed in choppy waters.
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He warned that the dinghy could be quite cranky under full sail, especially with inexperienced sailors on board.
Synonyms
8
7.5
Unsteady and likely to fall over easily
1
8.9
Likely to lean or tip easily when under sail
1
9.1
A boat that easily tips in the water
Antonyms
How Stable
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Cranky for a boat also comes from crank, a word used to mean 'unsteady' or weak, so a cranky boat is one that leans or tips easily in the water.