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(verb) bend into the shape of a crank |
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Related Words: bend, deform, twist |
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(verb) fasten with a crank |
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Related Words: fasten, fix, secure |
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(verb) rotate with a crank |
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Synonyms: crank up |
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Related Words: rotate |
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(verb) start by cranking; of engines |
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Synonyms: crank up |
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Related Words: start, start up |
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(satellite adjective) (used of boats) inclined to heel over easily under sail |
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Synonyms: cranky, tender, tippy |
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(noun) rotating shaft with parallel handle |
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Synonyms: starter |
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Related Words: crank handle, hand tool, starting handle |
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(verb) travel along a zigzag path: "The river zigzags through the countryside" |
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Synonyms: zigzag |
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Related Words: go, locomote, move, travel |
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(noun) a whimsically eccentric person |
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Synonyms: crackpot, fruitcake, nut, nutcase, screwball |
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Related Words: eccentric, eccentric person, geek, oddball |
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(noun) a bad-tempered person |
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Synonyms: churl, crosspatch, grouch, grump |
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Related Words: crab, crabby person, disagreeable person, fire-eater, hothead, misanthrope, unpleasant person |
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