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🔧 A replacement handle 🔄 Restarting by cranking 🔄 To crank again
recrank

recrank

9.9
A spare handle used to turn a machine by hand
  • noun
  • Specialized
translation icon : manivela de repuesto
  • After the original broke, they quickly installed the recrank to get the engine running again.

Examples

  • The mechanic kept a recrank in the toolbox for emergency repairs.

  • It is always wise to carry a recrank when working with old machinery.

  • He needed a new recrank for the old engine.

  • The mechanic handed me a recrank to fix the machine.

  • The mechanic kept a recrank in the toolbox for emergency repairs.

  • After the original broke, they quickly installed the recrank to get the engine running again.

  • It is always wise to carry a recrank when working with old machinery.

Synonyms

crank handle
vsrecrank
4.9

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

is kept as a spare replacement to fit and turn a machine when needed
starting handle
vsrecrank
  • Specialized
8.8

A metal crank you put into an engine and turn by hand to make it run

is a spare replacement rather than a tool only used to start engines

Surface Forms

recrank singular
recranks plural

Morphology

recrank = crank (opaque) = re + crank

Although the word is related to 'crank', the sense 'replacement crank' is not a regular or easily inferable meaning of the prefix 're-' for most learners.

Etymology

Recrank comes from re- 'again' and crank 'handle' or 'to turn', like redo which means 'do again'. So a recrank is a spare crank you keep to use if the original breaks.