CRANK Synonyms: 209 Similar and Opposite Words

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adjective

chiefly dialect

as in triumphant

having or expressing feelings of joy or triumph you shouldn't feel so crank, considering that you beat the worst softball team in the league

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as in joyful

joyously unrestrained folks around here are downright crank that a local boy won a gold medal in the Olympics

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noun

ˈkraŋk

as in eccentric

a person of odd or whimsical habits she's a bit of a crank, but still a good-hearted person

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as in crab

an irritable and complaining person he's always a crank until he has his morning coffee

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as in whim

a sudden impulsive and apparently unmotivated idea or action his endless and unpredictable cranks made spending time with him exhausting

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Examples of crank in a Sentence

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Adjective

Any big-box retailer will have a selection of weather-band radios, powered by a crank or replaceable batteries. —

Heather Kelly, Washington Post, 19 July 2023 Whatever the case, those 12- to 16-inch fallfish had no problem smashing a variety of jigs, spinners and mini-crank baits. —

Jim Gronaw, baltimoresun.com/maryland/carroll, 17 Oct. 2021

Noun

The electronics As mentioned above, the Trailblazer comes with a motor from Bafang, which integrates into the cranks. —

John Timmer, Ars Technica, 4 Apr. 2024 Instead, the rider's pedaling power gets converted into up to 250 Watts of electrical power by a generator between the cranks. —

New Atlas, 13 Aug. 2024

Verb

So why not try to crank it up and be the underdog again? —

Deborah Evans Price, Billboard, 6 Aug. 2024 The staff cranked up the building's thermostat, wrapped the wolf in a blanket and broke into the team’s supply of hand warmers usually reserved for surviving Alpine’s snowy weather, placing them along the wolf’s body with warm fluid bags. —

Hayleigh Evans, The Arizona Republic, 29 July 2024 See all Example Sentences for crank

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