Word "CRANK" Definitions:


Part of Speech:
Verb
Definition:
start by cranking
Synonyms:
crank up
Examples:
crank up the engine

Part of Speech:
Verb
Definition:
rotate with a crank
Synonyms:
crank up

Part of Speech:
Noun
Definition:
a whimsically eccentric person
Synonyms:
crackpot, fruitcake, nut, nut case, screwball

Crossword Clues for CRANK

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Clue Source Date
"___ it up!" USA Today 05 Sep 2025
Eccentric person can start the engine (5)
Kind of call from Bart to Moe
Ratchet (up) Universal 20 May 2025
Frank chats about engine part (10)
Wind it up, being an eccentric sort of person (5)
Item once used to start a car 33 Down The Telegraph Cross Atlantic 22 Apr 2025
He's crotchety and has a bad cold in the head (5)
Starting-handle, or odd person (5) Puzzler 17 Apr 2025
Mouse Trap starter part
Motor starter The Telegraph Cross Atlantic 06 Apr 2025
Oddball taking Charlie to the station (5)
Eccentric person caught by place to get taxi (5)
Wind up the bigot ... (5)
Bent handle in it for an eccentric (5)
A handle with a bend in it for an eccentric (5)
2006 action film starring Jason Statham and Amy Smart Mirror Quiz 29 Sep 2024
Oddball liable to start things (5) Puzzler Cryptic 10 Sep 2024
Early car starter The Telegraph Plusword 08 Sep 2024
Window handle
Eccentric engine part? (5)
Engine starting device (5)
Tip-top appliance in frame? (5)
Eccentric caught with line
Odd person, informally (5)
Odd person to alter the motion? (5)
Starting handle (5)
Turning lever
___ it up (raise the volume) Universal 02 May 2024
Eccentric part of engine? (5)
Eccentric cheerleader at the head of column
Prank call
Handle an eccentric (5)
Handle zealot (5)
Eccentric way to start an old car (5)
Antique auto starter Newsday 10 Mar 2024
Rotating shaft with handle (5)
Caught by foul-smelling weirdo (5) Puzzler Cryptic 27 Jan 2024
Handle an odd person
Person of eccentric habits
Handle that turns
Eccentric person?
Pencil sharpener handle Commuter 13 Dec 2023
Start with handle for conspiracy theorist? The Sun Two Speed 26 Nov 2023
Eccentric person The Sun Two Speed 26 Nov 2023
Handle kilo US drug cop put on the counter The Telegraph Toughie 26 Oct 2023
Model T starter Eugene Sheffer 06 Sep 2023
Curmudgeon LA Times Daily 24 Jan 2023
Jack-in-the-box appendage LA Times Daily 11 Aug 2022
Turn eccentric The Telegraph Toughie 26 Jul 2022
Handle oddball
Increase, with "up" Premier Sunday 29 May 2022
Old car part Thomas Joseph 26 Jul 2021
Turn (up), as volume LA Times Daily 13 May 2021
Turn (up), as volume The Washington Post 13 May 2021
Jack-in-the-box feature USA Today 12 Apr 2021
Model T feature Wall Street Journal 24 Feb 2021
Eccentric person The Times Concise 28 Oct 2020
Old car starter Thomas Joseph 28 Jul 2020
Annoying, as a call LA Times Daily 28 Jun 2020
Annoying, as a call The Washington Post 28 Jun 2020
Use for a bent axle Newsday 30 May 2020
Model T starter Newsday 28 May 2020
Old car part Thomas Joseph 21 Apr 2020
Start with handle for possible conspiracy theorist
Wind up eccentric The Telegraph Toughie 02 Oct 2019
Old car starter The Washington Post 09 Jun 2019
Old car starter LA Times Daily 09 Jun 2019
2006 film starring Jason Statham as Chev Chelios The Times Specialist Sunday 19 May 2019
Jack-in-the-box handle Newsday 02 Apr 2019
Model T starter USA Today 15 Jan 2019
Old car starter
Model T starter
Handle eccentric The Telegraph Cryptic 27 Sep 2018
Eccentric fellow Wall Street Journal 17 Jul 2018
Handle eccentric type The Telegraph Cryptic 04 Jun 2018
Model T feature LA Times Daily 31 May 2018
Model T feature The Washington Post 31 May 2018
Eccentric fellow
Model T feature
Antique car starter Newsday 12 Nov 2017
Jack-in-the-box part Wall Street Journal 21 Oct 2016
Curmudgeon Newsday 02 Sep 2016
Jack-in-the-box feature Universal 16 Aug 2016
Original Model T need LA Times Daily 10 Jun 2016
Jack-in-the-box feature
Original Model T need
Antique-car starter Newsday 30 Sep 2015
Eccentric neurotic rankled to some extent
Grouch New York Times 05 Jul 2015
Model T starter
Grouch
Antique-car starter
Model T starter
Caught offensive character
Ill-tempered type
Hater
Grouch
Bart Simpson gag
How to start up a Model T
Crotchety type
Kind of call that's hard to make in the era of cell phones
Mouse Trap part
Sorehead
Billy Idol's "Call" on "Rebel Yell"
Grouch
Antique-car starter
Part of many a generator
Curmudgeon
Curmudgeon
Grouch
Curmudgeon
Old car engine starter
Gadget for a very old car
Model T starter
Model T feature
Car starter of yore
Kind of call
Gadget for an old car
Start the Model T
Type of call
Early auto starter
Eccentric sort
Model T accessory
Bad-tempered person
Antique-car starter
Shaft turner
Vintage auto starter
Phony, as a phone call
Vintage auto starter
Early auto starter
Antique starter
Word before case or shaft
Nut-case
How to start up a Model T
Grouchy person
Car starter of old
Sourpuss
Gatling gun feature
Grouchy person
Increase, with "up"
This gets the shaft
Don Rickles, e.g.
Phony phone caller
Nut case
Model T starter
Sorehead
Monomaniac, informally
Crosspatch
A shaft
Model T necessity
Eccentric person
Primitive starter
Model-T adjunct
Part of an old telephone
Fussbudget
Tin Lizzie starter
Eccentric
Curmudgeon
Model T essential
Model-T accessory
Grouchy one
Operate by a handle.
Handle.
Eccentric.
Eccentric one.
Model T item.
Rube Goldberg device item
Starter for a Model T.
Wind and turn.
Person with fantastic ideas.
Handle for turning.
Part of the shaft of an engine.
Bent portion of axle.
Irascible sort
Car part, old style.
Early auto item.
Standard auto equipment, circa 1900.
Early car starter.
Caprice.
Whim
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