Cam vs. Crank

Camnoun

A turning or sliding piece which imparts motion to a rod, lever or block brought into sliding or rolling contact with it.

Camnoun

A curved wedge, movable about an axis, used for forcing or clamping two pieces together.

Camnoun

A ridge or mound of earth.

Camnoun

(rock climbing) A camming device, a spring-loaded device for effecting a temporary belay in a rock crevice.

Camnoun

(informal) Camera.

Camverb

To go on webcam with someone.

Camnoun

A turning or sliding piece which, by the shape of its periphery or face, or a groove in its surface, imparts variable or intermittent motion to, or receives such motion from, a rod, lever, or block brought into sliding or rolling contact with it.

Camnoun

A ridge or mound of earth.

Camadjective

Crooked.

Camnoun

a river in east central England that flows past Cambridge to join the Ouse River

Camnoun

a rotating disk shaped to convert circular into linear motion

Camnoun

a projection on a rotating part in machinery, designed to make sliding contact with another part while rotating and impart reciprocal or variable motion to it.

Camnoun

a camshaft.

Camnoun

a camera.

Cam

A cam is a rotating or sliding piece in a mechanical linkage used especially in transforming rotary motion into linear motion. It is often a part of a rotating wheel (e.g.

Crankadjective

(slang) strange, weird, odd

Crankadjective

sick; unwell; infirm

Crankadjective

Liable to capsize because of poorly stowed cargo or insufficient ballast.

Crankadjective

Full of spirit; brisk; lively; sprightly; overconfident; opinionated.

Cranknoun

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.

Cranknoun

The act of converting power into motion, by turning a crankshaft.

Cranknoun

(archaic) Any bend, turn, or winding, as of a passage.

Cranknoun

(informal) An ill-tempered or nasty person

Cranknoun

A twist or turn of the mind; caprice; whim; crotchet; also, a fit of temper or passion.

Cranknoun

A person who is considered strange or odd by others. They may behave in unconventional ways.

Cranknoun

(informal) An advocate of a pseudoscience movement.

Cranknoun

synonym of methamphetamine.

Cranknoun

(rare) A twist or turn in speech; a conceit consisting in a change of the form or meaning of a word.

Cranknoun

(obsolete) A sick person; an invalid.

Cranknoun

(slang) penis.

Crankverb

(transitive) To turn by means of a crank.

Crankverb

(intransitive) To turn a crank.

Crankverb

To turn.

Crankverb

(transitive) To cause to spin via other means, as though turned by a crank.

Crankverb

(intransitive) To act in a cranky manner; to behave unreasonably and irritably, especially through complaining.

Crankverb

(intransitive) To be running at a high level of output or effort.

Crankverb

To run with a winding course; to double; to crook; to wind and turn.

Cranknoun

A bent portion of an axle, or shaft, or an arm keyed at right angles to the end of a shaft, by which motion is imparted to or received from it; also used to change circular into reciprocating motion, or reciprocating into circular motion. See Bell crank.

Cranknoun

Any bend, turn, or winding, as of a passage.

Cranknoun

A twist or turn in speech; a conceit consisting in a change of the form or meaning of a word.

Cranknoun

A twist or turn of the mind; caprice; whim; crotchet; also, a fit of temper or passion.

Cranknoun

A person full of crotchets; one given to fantastic or impracticable projects; one whose judgment is perverted in respect to a particular matter.

Cranknoun

A sick person; an invalid.

Crankadjective

Sick; infirm.

Crankadjective

Liable to careen or be overset, as a ship when she is too narrow, or has not sufficient ballast, or is loaded too high, to carry full sail.

Crankadjective

Full of spirit; brisk; lively; sprightly; overconfident; opinionated.

Crankverb

To run with a winding course; to double; to crook; to wind and turn.

Cranknoun

a bad-tempered person

Cranknoun

a whimsically eccentric person

Cranknoun

amphetamine used in the form of a crystalline hydrochloride; used as a stimulant to the nervous system and as an appetite suppressant

Cranknoun

a hand tool consisting of a rotating shaft with parallel handle

Crankverb

travel along a zigzag path;

Crankverb

start by cranking;

Crankverb

rotate with a crank

Crankverb

fasten with a crank

Crankverb

bend into the shape of a crank

Crankadjective

(used of boats) inclined to heel over easily under sail

Crankverb

turn the crankshaft of (an internal combustion engine) in order to start the engine

Crankverb

turn (a handle) in order to start an engine

Crankverb

increase the intensity of something

Crankverb

produce something regularly and routinely

Crankverb

give a bend to (a shaft, bar, etc.)

Crankverb

inject a narcotic drug

Cranknoun

a part of an axle or shaft bent out at right angles, for converting reciprocal to circular motion and vice versa

Cranknoun

the drug methamphetamine.

Cranknoun

an eccentric person, especially one who is obsessed by a particular subject

Cranknoun

a bad-tempered person.

Cranknoun

a fanciful turn of speech.

Crankadjective

(of a sailing ship) liable to heel over.