crank out

verb

cranked out; cranking out; cranks out

transitive verb

: to produce especially in a mechanical manner

crank out a manuscript

Examples of crank out in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

Working with a fraction of the budget primetime series get, soaps crank out 260 episodes of non-stop story a year. —EW.com, 25 June 2025

As a result, some companies that help GM and other auto giants crank out new cars are suffering. —Bloomberg News, Chicago Tribune, 24 June 2025

Building an ace: How college pitching labs are cranking out MLB-ready flamethrowers High-tech pitching labs rose from humble beginnings to take center stage in the pitching development revolution in college and in the pros. —C. Trent Rosecrans, New York Times, 22 June 2025

That might be the hottest streak any rock label has ever had, cranking out stone-cold classics by Guided By Voices (Alien Lanes), Pavement (Wowee Zowee), Helium (The Dirt of Luck), Yo La Tengo (Electr-O-Pura), and Chavez (Gone Glimmering), all within a few weeks. —Rob Sheffield, Rolling Stone, 4 June 2025

Word History

First Known Use

1956, in the meaning defined above

Rhymes for crank out

• about
• bailout
• blackout
• blowout
• breakout
• burnout
• buyout
• checkout
• closeout
• cutout
• devout
• dropout