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a (slang) Strange, weird, odd.
n A bent piece of an axle or shaft, or an attached arm perpendicular, or nearly so, to the end of a shaft or wheel, used to impart a rotation to a wheel or other mechanical device; also used to change circular into reciprocating motion, or reciprocating into circular motion.(rfex)
n The act of converting power into motion, by turning a crankshaft.
n (archaic) Any bend, turn, or winding, as of a passage.
n (informal|British|dated in US) A person who is considered strange or odd by others. They may behave in unconventional ways.
n (rare) A twist or turn in speech; a conceit consisting in a change of the form or meaning of a word.
v (transitive) To turn by means of a 'crank'.
v (intransitive) To turn a 'crank'.
v (intransitive|of a 'crank' or similar) To turn.
v (transitive) To cause to spin via other means, as though turned by a crank.
v (intransitive) To be running at a high level of output or effort.
v (intransitive|dated) To run with a winding course; to double; to crook; to wind and turn.