crank
Hard; difficultHard; difficult.
» A person with a new idea is a crank until the idea succeeds.
Eine Person mit einer neuen Idee ist ein komischer Kauz, bis die Idee Erfolg hat. — Esperantostern
Человека с новой идеей считают чудаком - до тех пор, пока он не преуспевает воплотить идею в жизнь. — shanghainese
CK · Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FRMeaning
6 senses(dialectal)Hard; difficult.
(informal)Strange; weird; odd.
(dialectal)Bent; twisted; crooked; distorted; out of repair.
Sick; unwell.
Liable to capsize because of poorly stowed cargo or insufficient ballast.
Full of spirit; brisk; lively; sprightly; overconfident; opinionated.
- (used of boats) inclined to heel over easily under sail
Examples
28 sentencesA person with a new idea is a crank until the idea succeeds.
ruЧеловека с новой идеей считают чудаком - до тех пор, пока он не преуспевает воплотить идею в жизнь. — shanghainese
deEine Person mit einer neuen Idee ist ein komischer Kauz, bis die Idee Erfolg hat. — Esperantostern
Can you crank up the heat?
Tom cranked up the volume.
Crank up the heater.
ruВключи обогреватель. — odexed
Tom cranked up the music.
Origin
From Dutch or Low German krank, ultimately from Proto-West Germanic *krank, from Proto-GerFrom Dutch or Low German krank, ultimately from Proto-West Germanic *krank, from Proto-Germanic *krangaz, *krankaz (“bent; weak”). Cognate with Scots crank, krank, German krank (“sick”).
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Forms
cranker, crankestSynonyms
4 synonymsLessons for this word
2 lessons- A2Comparatives — Because it has a comparative form
- A2Superlatives — Because it has a superlative form
See also
neighbours in the dictionaryDictionary text adapted from Wiktionary (Wiktionary contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0) and Open English WordNet / Princeton WordNet (CC BY 4.0, WordNet License); shared under CC BY-SA 4.0. Example sentences and recordings are credited where they appear.