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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Eccentric person The Telegraph Plusword 08 Oct 2026
Old motor starter? (5) The Guardian Quick 16 Sep 2026
Early motor starter The Telegraph Cross Atlantic 12 Aug 2026
Eccentric person? The Telegraph Plusword 27 Jul 2026
Jack-in-the-box feature The Washington Post Mini 18 Jul 2026
Jack-in-the-box part Wall Street Journal 16 May 2026
Jack-in-the-box feature Wall Street Journal 30 Apr 2026
Grumbly sort New York Times Mini 01 Mar 2026
Starting-handle, or odd person (5) Puzzler 19 Sep 2025
Oddball liable to start things (5) Puzzler Cryptic 18 Sep 2025
"___ 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
Engine starting device (5)
Eccentric engine part? (5)
Eccentric caught with line
Tip-top appliance in frame? (5)
Odd person, informally (5)
Starting handle (5)
Odd person to alter the motion? (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
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
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
Annoying, as a call LA Times Daily 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
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
Model T starter
Old car 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
Model T feature
Eccentric fellow
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
Original Model T need
Jack-in-the-box feature
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
How to start up a Model T
Hater
Bart Simpson gag
Grouch
Mouse Trap part
Kind of call that's hard to make in the era of cell phones
Sorehead
Crotchety type
Billy Idol's "Call" on "Rebel Yell"
Antique-car starter
Curmudgeon
Grouch
Curmudgeon
Part of many a generator
Grouch
Curmudgeon
Old car engine starter
Model T feature
Model T starter
Gadget for a very old car
Car starter of yore
Gadget for an old car
Kind of call
Start the Model T
Eccentric sort
Bad-tempered person
Type of call
Early auto starter
Model T accessory
Phony, as a phone call
Shaft turner
Vintage auto starter
Vintage auto starter
Antique-car starter
Early auto starter
Antique starter
Grouchy person
Nut-case
Word before case or shaft
How to start up a Model T
Car starter of old
Sourpuss
Don Rickles, e.g.
Nut case
Phony phone caller
Gatling gun feature
Increase, with "up"
This gets the shaft
Grouchy person
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
Model T essential
Curmudgeon
Model-T accessory
Grouchy one
Early auto item.
Standard auto equipment, circa 1900.
Early car starter.
Caprice.
Whim
Irascible sort
Part of the shaft of an engine.
Handle for turning.
Wind and turn.
Car part, old style.
Operate by a handle.
Eccentric.
Eccentric one.
Model T item.
Rube Goldberg device item
Handle.
Starter for a Model T.
Person with fantastic ideas.
Bent portion of axle.
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