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crank

adjective
  1. (used of boats) inclined to heel over easily under sail
    tender
noun
  1. a hand tool consisting of a rotating shaft with parallel handle
    starter
  2. an amphetamine derivative (trade name Methedrine) used in the form of a crystalline hydrochloride
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  3. a whimsically eccentric person
    screwball
  4. a bad-tempered person
    grouchgrumpchurlcrosspatch
verb
  1. to bend into the shape of a crank
  2. to fasten with a crank
  3. to rotate with a crank
    crank up
  4. to start by cranking
    “I cranked the engine.”
    crank up
  5. to travel along a zigzag path
    zigzag