- crank
- n1. lever, arm, bar, shaft, spindle, crankshaft; handle, Print. rounce; pulley, gin, windlass, capstan.2. grouch, crab, bear, churl, Inf. sourpuss; scold, nag, shrew, virago; scowler, snarler, frowner, wasp, Inf. crosspatch.3. zealot, fanatic, bigot, maniac, monomaniac; fan, enthusiast, devotee, buff, Inf. nut; eccentric, character, oddity, Inf. crackpot, Don Quixote, Sl. bird.4. whim, notion, fancy, caprice, whimsy; quirk, quiddity, quip, crotchet, kink, vagary.v5. start, turn over, get going, rev, spin
A Note on the Style of the synonym finder. 2014.