crank out
To produce in large volumes mechanically or as if by machine.
Near-synonym: churn out
crank
/ˈkɹæŋk/
noun 10adj 5verb 5name 2
Collocations
5ADJ.
broken, little, nasty, odd, old, solar
VERB + CRANK
don't, heard, powered, ship, understand, want
CRANK + NOUN
-, engine, heater, idea, lynde, mrs, precision, rachel
PREP.
out, until, up, with
ADV.
consequently
Definitions
adj
1
Hard; difficult.
2
Strange; weird; odd.
3
Bent; twisted; crooked; distorted; out of repair.
4
Sick; unwell.
5
Liable to capsize because of poorly stowed cargo or insufficient ballast.
This ship is so crank and walty I fear our grave she will be!
The stowage was clumsily done, and the vessel consequently crank.
noun
1
An ailment, ache.
2
An ill-tempered or nasty person.
Billy-Bob is a nasty old crank! He chased my cat away.
3
A twist or turn of the mind; caprice; whim;
4
A fit of temper or passion.
Violent of temper; subject to sudden cranks.
5
A person who is considered strange or odd by others, and may behave in unconventional ways.
John is a crank because he talks to himself.
Persons whom the Americans since Guiteau’s trial have begun to designate as ‘cranks’—that is to say, persons of disordered mind, in whom the itch of notoriety supplies the lack of any higher ambition.
noun
1
A bent piece of an axle or shaft, or an attached arm perpendicular, or nearly so, to the end of a shaft or wheel, used to impart a rotation to a wheel or other mechanical device; also used to change circular into reciprocating motion, or re
I grind my coffee by hand with a coffee grinder with a crank handle.
2
A bent piece of an axle or shaft, or an attached arm perpendicular, or nearly so, to the end of a shaft or wheel, used to impart a rotation to a wheel or other mechanical device; also used to change circular into reciprocating motion, or re
3
The act of converting power into motion, by turning a crankshaft.
Yes, a crank was all it needed to start.
Give it a forceful crank.
4
Any bend, turn, or winding, as of a passage.
So many turning cranks these have, so many crooks.
5
Synonym of methamphetamine.
Danny got abscesses from shooting all that bathtub crank.
Thesaurus
Synonyms
noun — a hand tool consisting of a rotating shaft with parallel han
noun — an amphetamine derivative (trade name Methedrine) used in th
verb — travel along a zigzag path
Antonyms
Idioms & Phrases
crank up
To start something mechanical, an act that often used to involve cranking.
Let's crank up the old motorcycle and take it for a spin.
crank the handle
To perform a process; to do some work.
There are various ways you can do this, including creating capacity by building a strong team, or by setting the sales stream up in such a way that anyone can crank the handle and
crank one's hog
To masturbate by stimulating one's penis.
Example Bank
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This ship is so crank and walty I fear our grave she will be!
Wiktionary02
The stowage was clumsily done, and the vessel consequently crank.
Wiktionary03
He who was a little before bedred[…]was now cranke and lustie.
Wiktionary04
Billy-Bob is a nasty old crank! He chased my cat away.
Wiktionary05
Violent of temper; subject to sudden cranks.
Wiktionary06
John is a crank because he talks to himself.
WiktionaryUsage Notes
i Register
In some senses, crank is marked as informal, dated, archaic, slang, British. Watch for register when choosing this word.
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