(nautical, of a ship) Liable to capsize because of poorly stowed cargo or insufficient ballast.
(slang) Strange, weird, odd.
Full of spirit; brisk; lively; sprightly; overconfident; opinionated.
Sick; unwell.
noun
(US, slang) Synonym of methamphetamine.
(archaic) Any bend, turn, or winding, as of a passage.
(archaic, baseball, slang, 1800s) A baseball fan.
(informal) An advocate of a pseudoscience movement.
(informal) An ill-tempered or nasty person.
(informal, Britain, dated in US) A person who is considered strange or odd by others. They may behave in unconventional ways.
(obsolete) A sick person; an invalid.
(rare) A twist or turn in speech; word play consisting in a change of the form or meaning of a word.
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.
A twist or turn of the mind; caprice; whim;
Clipping of crankshaft.
The act of converting power into motion, by turning a crankshaft.
a fit of temper or passion.
verb
(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.
(intransitive) To turn a crank.
(intransitive, dated) To run with a winding course; to double; to crook; to wind and turn.
(intransitive, of a crank or similar) To turn.
(transitive) To cause to spin via other means, as though turned by a crank.
