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Yank someone's crank is American slang for to mock, to mislead, to irritate.
someone who uses or manufactures methamphetamine
[from crank, because of the amphetamine-like stimulant effect + lite, meaning lighter, as in low-alcohol beer] ephedrine, a stimulant used in nonprescription medicines as a decongestant, which is lighter than amphetamines
Chain and crank is London Cockney rhyming slang for a bank.
Crank up is slang for to inject a narcotic drug.
(cranky) a vessel over-masted
n. Crystal Methaphetamine low in purtiy and crushed into a powder, lacking potency. "Nobody buys from Rick cause he be serving that cheap ish; that crank."Â
Crank is slang for the penis. Crank is slang for amphetamine. Crank is slang for heroin.
ill tempered ‘Why are you so cranky today?’
Crank the chicken switch is American military slang for to eject from an aircraft or space craft.
Verb. 1. To increase, often with reference to the volume of music. 2. To inject drugs. E.g."He cranked up some more smack (heroin) and passed out on the floor."
Noun. An act of masturbation, perhaps implying one done at a particularly opportunist moment. A spoonerism on crafty wank. See 'wank'. E.g."I know she was sexy, but having a wafty crank under the table is disgusting."
to inject a drug
methamphetamine
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The extreme movement given to a sliding or vibrating reciprocating piece by a cam, crank, eccentric, or the like; travel; stroke; as, the throw of a slide valve. Also, frequently, the length of the radius of a crank, or the eccentricity of an eccentric; as, the throw of the crank of a steam engine is equal to half the stroke of the piston.
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A crank with a handle, for giving motion to a machine, a grindstone, etc.
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Liable to roll over; crank; as, a walty ship.
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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.
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A component part performing an essential office in the working of any complex machine; as, the cylinder, valves, crank, etc., are organs of the steam engine.
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A bar, pin or wedge, to secure a crank, pulley, coupling, etc., upon a shaft, and prevent relative turning; sometimes holding by friction alone, but more frequently by its resistance to shearing, being usually embedded partly in the shaft and partly in the crank, pulley, etc.
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A loop forming part of anything, or a hole through anything, to receive a rope, hook, pin, shaft, etc.; as an eye at the end of a tie bar in a bridge truss; as an eye through a crank; an eye at the end of rope.
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A portable machine variously constructed, for exerting great pressure, or lifting or moving a heavy body through a small distance. It consists of a lever, screw, rack and pinion, hydraulic press, or any simple combination of mechanical powers, working in a compact pedestal or support and operated by a lever, crank, capstan bar, etc. The name is often given to a jackscrew, which is a kind of jack.
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Crankness.
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Unsteady; easy to upset; crank.
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A machine for raising weights, consisting of a horizontal cylinder or roller moving on its axis, and turned by a crank, lever, or similar means, so as to wind up a rope or chain attached to the weight. In vessels the windlass is often used instead of the capstan for raising the anchor. It is usually set upon the forecastle, and is worked by hand or steam.
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At right angles, as the cranks of a locomotive, which are in planes forming a right angle with each other.
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A kind of planer in which the tool, instead of the work, receives a reciprocating motion, usually from a crank.
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Bearing a press of canvas without careening much; as, a stiff vessel; -- opposed to crank.
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An axle or drum turned by a crank with a handle, or by power, for raising weights, as from the hold of a ship, from mines, etc.; a windlass.
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Formed with, or having, a bend or crank; as, a cranked axle.
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A large pipe forming the piston rod of a steam engine, of sufficient diameter to allow one end of the connecting rod to be attached to the crank, and the other end to pass within the pipe directly to the piston, thus making the engine more compact.
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A stringled instrument, lutelike in shape, in which the sound is produced by the friction of a wheel turned by a crank at the end, instead of by a bow, two of the strings being tuned as drones, while two or more, tuned in unison, are modulated by keys.
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Full of spirit; crank.
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The arm of a crank between the shaft and the wrist.
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