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crank

noun as in a device for revolving a shaft

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noun as in a person with an obsession

noun as in an ill-natured person

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The water around me whirls and churns like cranks in a pulley system.

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She would then feed the clothes into the rollers and turn the crank to squeeze the excess water out so that she could hang the clothes on the line to dry.

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Restorers also discovered a sophisticated set of gears on the crank in the tube that enabled the crew rotating the crank to propel the sub faster by moving water rapidly through the tube.

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Nearly an hour later, she turned onto a rutted dirt road and cranked up the Shania Twain tune “Honey, I’m home.”

With the score at 21-0, Scotland simply stopped, while Argentina started to crank through the gears.

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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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