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crank noun

  /kɹæŋk/
  • 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.
 kampi, veivi, kränkkä, känkkäränkkä, kääkkä, mutka
  • (rare) A twist or turn in speech; word play consisting in a change of the form or meaning of a word.
 kampeaminen, käänne, veivaaminen, veivaus

crank verb

  /kɹæŋk/
  • (intransitive, dated) To run with a winding course; to double; to crook; to wind and turn.
 veivata, kammeta, pyöräyttää
  • (intransitive) To act in a cranky manner; to behave unreasonably and irritably, especially through complaining.
 marmattaa, valittaa
  • (transitive) To cause to spin via other means, as though turned by a crank.
 pyörittää
crank up
kehua, kohottaa, lisätä, käynnistää, laittaa käyntiin
crank arm
poljinkampi
crank angle
kampikulma
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