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crank

/kræŋk/ /kræŋk/
noun
  1. 1
    krank, manivela kolucountable Mechanical Engineering

    A bar with a handle bent at a right angle, which you turn to make a machine move.

    • Turn the crank slowly to open the old window.
      Eski pencereyi açmak için manivela kolunu yavaşça çevir.
    • Old cars were started by turning a crank at the front.
      Eski arabalar öndeki krank çevrilerek çalıştırılırdı.
  2. 2
    pedal kolu, aynakolcountable Sports

    One of the two arms that connect the pedals of a bicycle to the chain wheel.

    • He pushed down on the crank.
      Pedal koluna aşağı bastırdı.
    • The mechanic replaced the broken crank on my bike.
      Tamirci bisikletimdeki kırık pedal kolunu değiştirdi.
  3. 3
    kafadan çatlak, tuhaf fikirli kimsecountable Informal

    A person with strange or unusual ideas that other people do not accept.

    • Everyone thought he was a crank until his invention worked.
      İcadı işe yarayana kadar herkes onun kafadan çatlak olduğunu düşünüyordu.
    • The radio show gets calls from cranks every night.
      Radyo programına her gece tuhaf fikirli kimselerden telefonlar geliyor.

Collocations

turn the crankcrank handlecrank armbicycle crank

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