Crank vs. Crunk
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.
Crunkverb
To cry like a crane.
Crunkadjective
crazy and drunk; according to the [http://www.doubletongued.org/ Double-Tongued Word Wrester] dictionary, [http://www.doubletongued.org/index.php/dictionary/crunk/ good, phat, fine]
Crunkadjective
simultaneously intoxicated by marijuana and alcohol
Crunkadjective
of an absurd amount
Crunknoun
A type of hip hop that originated in the southern United States.
Crunkverb
To cry like a crane.
Crunknoun
a type of hip-hop music characterized by repeatedly shouted catchphrases and elements typical of electronic dance music, such as prominent bass
Crunkadjective
very excited or full of energy
Crunk
Crunk is a subgenre of hip hop music that emerged in the early 1990s and gained mainstream success during the mid 2000s. Crunk is often up-tempo and one of Southern hip hop's more dance and club oriented subgenres.
