Crank may refer to:
Mechanisms
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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
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Crankset, the component of a bicycle drivetrain that converts the reciprocating motion of the rider's legs into rotational motion
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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
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Crank machine, a machine used to deliver hard labour in early Victorian prisons in the United Kingdom
Places
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Crank, Merseyside, a village near Rainford, England
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Crank Halt railway station in the village of Crank
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Cranks, Kentucky, United States
Popular culture
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''Crank'' (film), a 2006 film starring Jason Statham
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Crank: High Voltage'', the 2009 sequel
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''Crank'' (Hoodoo Gurus album), 1994
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''Crank'' (novel), a 2004 book written by Ellen Hopkins
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"Crank" (Catherine Wheel song), 1993
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"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'', 2006
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''Crank'' (The Almighty album), the fourth studio album released by Scottish heavy metal band The Almighty
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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'' series by James Dashner
Slang
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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.
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Prank call
A prank call (also known as a crank call, a hoax call, or a goof call) is a telephone call intended by the caller as a practical joke played on the person answering. It is often a type of nuisance call and can be illegal under certain circumsta ...
or crank call, a false telephone call
* Crank, slang term for powdered
substituted amphetamine
Substituted amphetamines, or simply amphetamines, are a chemical class, class of compounds based upon the amphetamine structure; it includes all derivative (chemistry), derivative compounds which are formed by replacing, or substitution reacti ...
s, especially
methamphetamine
Methamphetamine (contracted from ) is a potent central nervous system (CNS) stimulant that is mainly used as a recreational drug use, recreational or Performance-enhancing substance, performance-enhancing drug and less commonly as a secon ...
Other uses
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Cranks (restaurant), a chain of English wholefood vegetarian restaurants
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Crank (surname), a surname, notable people with the surname see there
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Crank conjecture, a term coined by Freeman Dyson to explain congruence patterns in integer partitions
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Crank of a partition
In number theory, the crank of an integer partition is a certain number associated with the partition. It was first introduced without a definition by Freeman Dyson, who hypothesised its existence in a 1944 paper. Dyson gave a list of properties ...
, of a partition of an integer is a certain integer associated with the partition
See also
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Cranky (disambiguation)
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Krank (disambiguation)
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