cranknoun
uk/kræŋk/us/kræŋk/crank noun (PERSON)
[ C ] informal a person who has strange or unusual ideas and beliefs
US [ C ] informal an unpleasant and easily annoyed person:
She's always a crank first thing in the morning.
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Stupid and silly people
- a right one idiom
- airhead
- asshole
- berk
- birdbrain
- dolt
- doofus
- dork
- duffer
- dullard
- mouth-breather
- muggins
- muppet
- mutt
- need
- silly billy idiom
- simpleton
- stupid
- thicko
- tosser
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Unpleasant people in general
crank noun (EQUIPMENT)
[ C ] a device that creates movement between parts of a machine or that changes backward and forward movement into circular movement:
a crank handle
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Engineering - mechanical
- -engined
- artificer
- automatic
- automatically
- automative
- hydraulic
- internal combustion engine
- mechanic
- mechanical
- mechanically
- octane
- octane number
- outboard motor
- pedal
- strip
- tick
- torque
- tune
- vane
- wheelbase
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Machines - general words
crank noun (DRUG)
[ U ] US an illegal drug that is a form of methamphetamine
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Drugs - general words
- bong
- chase
- chems
- detox
- dope
- doped up
- gear
- jacked up
- legal high
- OD
- overdose
- peddler
- pop
- snort
- soft
- spliff
- spliff up
- stoned
- trip
- whacked
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