Crank may refer to:

Mechanisms

Crank (mechanism) A crank is an arm attached at a right angle to a rotating shaft by which circular motion is imparted to or received from the shaft. When combined with a connecting rod, it can be used to convert circular motion into reciprocating motion, or vi ...

, in mechanical engineering, a bent portion of an axle or shaft, or an arm keyed at right angles to the end of a shaft, by which motion is imparted to or received from it *

Crankset The crankset (in the US) or chainset (in the UK) is the component of a bicycle drivetrain that converts the reciprocating motion of the rider's legs into rotational motion used to drive the chain or belt, which in turn drives the rear wheel ...

, the component of a bicycle drivetrain that converts the reciprocating motion of the rider's legs into rotational motion *

Crankshaft A crankshaft is a mechanical component used in a reciprocating engine, piston engine to convert the reciprocating motion into rotational motion. The crankshaft is a rotating Shaft (mechanical engineering), shaft containing one or more crankpins, ...

, the part of a piston engine which translates reciprocating linear piston motion into rotation * Crank machine, a machine used to deliver hard labour in early Victorian prisons in the United Kingdom

Places

* Crank, Merseyside, a village near Rainford, England ** Crank Halt railway station in the village of Crank * Cranks, Kentucky, United States

Popular culture

* Crank (film), ''Crank'' (film), a 2006 film starring Jason Statham ** ''Crank: High Voltage'', the 2009 sequel * Crank (Hoodoo Gurus album), ''Crank'' (Hoodoo Gurus album), 1994 * Crank (novel), ''Crank'' (novel), a 2004 book written by Ellen Hopkins * Crank (Catherine Wheel song), "Crank" (Catherine Wheel song), 1993 * Crank (Playboi Carti song), "Crank" (Playboi Carti song), 2025 * "Crank", a song by Fischer-Z from ''Going Deaf for a Living'', 1980 * "Crank", a song by TV Rock from ''Sunshine City (album), Sunshine City'', 2006 * Crank (The Almighty album), ''Crank'' (The Almighty album), the fourth studio album released by Scottish heavy metal band The Almighty * Crank! A Record Company, a record label that released albums by indie bands Mineral, The Gloria Record, and Bright Eyes * Cranks, creatures in The Maze Runner (book series), ''The Maze Runner'' series by James Dashner

Slang

* Crank (person), a pejorative term used for a person who holds an unshakable belief that most of his or her contemporaries consider to be false. * Prank call or crank call, a false telephone call * Crank, slang term for powdered substituted amphetamines, especially methamphetamine

Other uses

* Cranks (restaurant), a chain of English wholefood vegetarian restaurants * Crank (surname), a surname, notable people with the surname see there * Crank conjecture, a term coined by Freeman Dyson to explain congruence patterns in integer partitions * Crank of a partition, of a partition of an integer is a certain integer associated with the partition

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