FinnHun Finnish-Hungarian-English on-line dictionary and thesaurus

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) An ill-tempered or nasty person

n (informal|British|dated in US) A person who is considered strange or odd by others. They may behave in unconventional ways.

n (informal) An advocate of a pseudoscience movement.

n (US|slang) methamphetamine.

n (rare) A twist or turn in speech; a conceit consisting in a change of the form or meaning of a word.

n (nautical) A ship which, because of insufficient or poorly stowed ballast or cargo, is in danger of overturning.

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 act in a cranky manner; to behave unreasonably and irritably, especially through complain|complaining.

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.