cranking
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Definitions ofcranking
- To turn by means of a crank.
Example: "Motorists had to crank their engine by hand."
- To turn a crank.
Example: "He's been cranking all day and yet it refuses to crank."
- (of a crank or similar) To turn.
Example: "He's been cranking all day and yet it refuses to crank."
- To cause to spin via other means, as though turned by a crank.
Example: "Crank it up!"
- To act in a cranky manner; to behave unreasonably and irritably, especially through complaining.
Example: "Quit cranking about your spilt milk!"
- To be running at a high level of output or effort.
Example: "By one hour into the shift, the boys were really cranking."
- To run with a winding course; to double; to crook; to wind and turn.
- The act by which something is cranked.
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