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as in triumphant
having or expressing feelings of joy or triumph
you shouldn't feel so crank, considering that you beat the worst softball team in the league
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2
as in joyful
joyously unrestrained
folks around here are downright crank that a local boy won a gold medal in the Olympics
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as in eccentric
a person of odd or whimsical habits
she's a bit of a crank, but still a good-hearted person
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as in crab
an irritable and complaining person
he's always a crank until he has his morning coffee
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as in whim
a sudden impulsive and apparently unmotivated idea or action
his endless and unpredictable cranks made spending time with him exhausting
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Recent Examples of crank
Joe Jackson, Outside Online, 27 May 2025
With the burner cranked up to high, this pan maintained a gradual dispersed heat that practically refused to burn food.
—Wilder Davies, Bon Appetit Magazine, 17 May 2025
Elizabeth Napolitano, CBS News, 22 Sep. 2023
Any big-box retailer will have a selection of weather-band radios, powered by a crank or replaceable batteries.
—Heather Kelly, Washington Post, 19 July 2023
Bestreviews, Chicago Tribune, 15 Apr. 2025
But that changed with Trump's election to a situation where politics is much more about celebrity than credibility and cranks from the margins of political ideas are now lauded front and centre.
—Kate Plummer, MSNBC Newsweek, 2 June 2025
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Adjective
The drain plug is just as easy to crank open and closed.
—Joe Jackson, Outside Online, 27 May 2025
With the burner cranked up to high, this pan maintained a gradual dispersed heat that practically refused to burn food.
—Wilder Davies, Bon Appetit Magazine, 17 May 2025
Noun
Model numbers can be found on the inside of the crank arm near the backside of the arm where the pedals are attached.
—Elizabeth Napolitano, CBS News, 22 Sep. 2023
Any big-box retailer will have a selection of weather-band radios, powered by a crank or replaceable batteries.
—Heather Kelly, Washington Post, 19 July 2023
Verb
As the user turns the crank, the grinding plate forces food through the milling disk.
—Bestreviews, Chicago Tribune, 15 Apr. 2025
But that changed with Trump's election to a situation where politics is much more about celebrity than credibility and cranks from the margins of political ideas are now lauded front and centre.
—Kate Plummer, MSNBC Newsweek, 2 June 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for crank
Adjective
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On his triumphant 10-day journey on the canal from Buffalo to New York City, when the Seneca Chief reached New York Harbor, Clinton poured a keg of water from Lake Erie into the Atlantic Ocean, symbolizing a union of two major bodies of water.—
David Moin,
Footwear News,
28 June 2025
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Lewis Capaldi has made a triumphant return to music, two years after an emotional moment at Glastonbury led to the singer taking a break from his career.—
Brittany Spanos,
Rolling Stone,
27 June 2025
Adjective
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Here are even more opportunities to honor Stonewall’s legacy while pushing for a more just and joyful future.—
Muri Assunção,
New York Daily News,
21 June 2025
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One Cut of the Dead is a joyful, exuberant (and fittingly scrappy) celebration of zombie movie-makers.—
James Grebey,
Time,
20 June 2025
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Other characters include outcasts, visionaries and eccentrics — all of whom live on the margins as unseen — a former priest, a girl trapped in working her family’s candy stand, a woman who learned preaching from her brother and is a caretaker for her dying housemate.—
Mary Ann Grossmann,
Twin Cities,
18 May 2025
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American eccentrics like Walters long have provided material for satirists across the pond.—
Chris Jones,
Chicago Tribune,
11 June 2025
Noun
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Catch some crabs in the salt marsh at Oyster Landing, then buy a few pounds of shrimp from Seven Seas Seafood to throw in the pot with them.—
Lydia Mansel,
Travel + Leisure,
29 June 2025
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Jelly crab flats These jelly shoes should be transparent with a geometric pattern.—
Arancha Gamo,
Glamour,
29 June 2025
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Analysts who follow Walgreens see the move to private ownership as another plus because the company and a stock price attached to public ownership will no longer be subject to the whims of Wall Street.—
Bruce Japsen,
Forbes.com,
26 June 2025
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Stay true to your ideas, whims, and more once Leo season begins on July 22.—
Liz Simmons,
StyleCaster,
24 June 2025
Verb
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Five years later, a growing number of companies from Amazon to Ford are winding back the clock on remote work – but not for everyone.—
Jessica Guynn,
USA Today,
30 June 2025
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This scenic four-mile path winds through a large mahogany forest and leads to the historic 19th-century Kīlauea Stone Dam.—
Will McGough,
Forbes.com,
29 June 2025
Adjective
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Our more than 18,000 Bombardier employees are proud to welcome this new, important customer to our family.—
Doug Gollan,
Forbes.com,
1 July 2025
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In April 2023, the proud father welcomed a baby girl, Gia, with Tiffany Chen.—
Hannah Sacks,
People.com,
30 June 2025
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For much of the day New Haven Green was filled with a Juneteenth Village and Marketplace, including loud and lively hip-hop acts.—
Christopher Arnott,
Hartford Courant,
25 June 2025
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The small but lively crowd of 14,312 at the Rose Bowl gasped in disbelief as Deossa and his teammates celebrated what instantly became a contender for the goal of the tournament — only to be possibly upstaged by his fellow midfielder Corona nine minutes later.—
Austin Green,
New York Times,
25 June 2025
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“Crank.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/crank. Accessed 7 Jul. 2025.
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