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to recrank

to recrank

8.6
To turn a machine by hand to make it start again
  • verb
  • /riˈkræŋk/
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  • After the engine stalled, he had to recrank it to get it started again.

Examples

  • When the generator failed to work, they quickly recranked it to restore power.

  • The mechanic had to recrank the machine before it could operate properly.

  • At best, he had one shot; he would never have time to recrank the bow.

    Fiction book (2000)

  • He thought he would not have time to recrank it; now he seemed to be doing nothing else.

    Fiction book (2000)

Surface Forms

recrank infinitive
recranked past
recranked past participle
recranking present participle
recranks third person singular

Morphology

recrank = crank (transparent) = re + crank

The prefix 're-' has its standard meaning 'again', so 'recrank' means to crank again.

Etymology

Recrank comes from re- 'again' and crank 'to turn', so to recrank is to crank something again to get it running.