crank: pengertian dan definisi

A device for transmitting rotary motion, consisting of a handle or arm attached at right angles to a shaft.

A clever turn of speech; a verbal conceit: quips and cranks.

A peculiar or eccentric idea or action.

Informal A grouchy person.

Informal An eccentric person, especially one who is unduly zealous.

Slang Methamphetamine.

To start or operate (an engine, for example) by or as if by turning a handle.

To move or operate (a window, for example) by or as if by turning a handle.

To make into the shape of a crank; bend.

To provide with a handle that is used in turning.

To turn a handle.

To wind in a zigzagging course.

Of, being, or produced by an eccentric person: a crank letter; a crank phone call.

crank out To produce, especially mechanically and rapidly: cranks out memo after memo.

crank up To cause to start or get started as if by turning a crank: cranked up a massive publicity campaign.

crank up To cause to intensify, as in volume or force: cranks up the sound on the stereo.

Nautical Liable to capsize; unstable.