crank
noun
/kɹæŋk/
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- 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 reciprocating into circular motion.
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Kurbel
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- (informal, British, dated in US) A person who is considered strange or odd by others, and may behave in unconventional ways.
- (slang) The penis.
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Kauz,
Sonderling,
Spinner
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- (rare) A twist or turn in speech; word play consisting in a change of the form or meaning of a word.
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Kurbeln
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- (informal) An ill-tempered or nasty person.
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Miesepeter
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crank
verb
/kɹæŋk/
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- (intransitive, dated) To run with a winding course; to double; to crook; to wind and turn.
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kurbeln
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- (transitive) To turn by means of a crank.
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ankurbeln
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cranked
adjective
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- Formed with, or having, a bend or crank.
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gekröpft
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