Crank Synonyms

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*A person with an obsession
(Noun)
Synonyms:
  1. eccentric
  2. fanatic
  3. monomaniac
  4. crackpot
Travel along a zigzag path
(Verb)
Synonyms:
  1. zigzag
Start by cranking
(Verb)
Synonyms:
  1. crank-up
Rotate with a crank
(Verb)
Synonyms:
  1. crank-up
(used of boats) inclined to heel over easily under sail
(Adjective)
Synonyms:
  1. cranky
  2. tender
  3. tippy

Words Related to Crank

Related words are words that are directly connected to each other through their meaning, even if they are not synonyms or antonyms. This connection may be general or specific, or the words may appear frequently together.

Crank Sentence Examples

  • Katie turned the crank at the base of the bed.

  • The form of the torque curve, or crank effort curve, as it is sometimes called, is discussed in the article Steam Engine, and the torque curve corresponding to actual indicator diagrams taken from an express passenger engine travelling at a speed of 65 m.

  • This platen had a perpendicular motion, being guided in grooves and worked by a connecting rod fixed to a cross beam and crank, which acquired its motion from the main shaft.

  • Each coil is attached to a shaft by a bell crank arrangement, and to these shafts there is secured a system of levers similar to that at the transmitter carrying the receiving pencil at the junction.

  • The assumption that the pistons of an engine move with simple harmonic motion is increasingly erroneous as the ratio of the length of the crank r, to the length of the con oecting rod 1 increases.

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