(dialectal) An ailment, ache.
(informal) An ill-tempered or nasty person.
A twist or turn of the mind; caprice; whim;
A fit of temper or passion.
(British, dated, informal) A person who is considered strange or odd by others, and may behave in unconventional ways.
(informal) An amateur in science or other technical subjects who persistently advocates flawed theories.
(archaic, slang) A baseball fan.
(obsolete) A sick person; an invalid.

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.
(abbreviation, alt-of, clipping) 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.
The act of converting power into motion, by turning a crankshaft.
(archaic) Any bend, turn, or winding, as of a passage.
(US, slang) Synonym of methamphetamine.
(rare) A twist or turn in speech; word play consisting in a change of the form or meaning of a word.
(slang) The penis.

(transitive) To turn by means of a crank.
(intransitive) To turn a crank.
(intransitive) To turn.
(transitive) To cause to spin via other means, as though turned by a crank.
(intransitive) To act in a cranky manner; to behave unreasonably and irritably, especially through complaining.
(intransitive) To be running at a high level of output or effort.
(dated, intransitive) To run with a winding course; to double; to crook; to wind and turn.

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