cranked

verb

past tense of crank
as in reeled

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  1. reeled
  2. coiled
  3. wound
Verb
  • In the wake of his death, the Platte County courthouse sat empty for two days, leaving the town square around it quiet as the community reeled from the news.
    — Jenna Ebbers, Kansas City Star, 21 Sep. 2026
  • But Clemson reeled the Tar Heels back in, slowing down a rushing attack led by Benjamin Hall (130 rushing yards) and making quarterback Billy Edwards, by the end, look flustered and out of sorts.
    — Scott Fowler, Charlotte Observer, 20 Sep. 2026
Definition of reeled
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  • For the past 860,000 years, its shell has coiled almost exclusively to the right.
    — Quanta Magazine, Quanta Magazine, 11 Sep. 2026
  • The lights dangled from white beams, their power cables coiled and hanging like tails.
    — Caitlín Doherty, Artforum, 1 Sep. 2026
Definition of coiled
Verb
  • The memo came the day that courtroom testimony highlighted ways in which two ICE officers involved in a vehicle stop, pursuit and shooting that wounded a delivery driver in Austin last month would not have complied with the new guidance.
    — Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 2 Oct. 2026
  • When the smoke cleared, three of the Dalton gang lay dead; Emmett was wounded but survived.
    — Encyclopedia Britannica, Encyclopedia Britannica, 2 Oct. 2026
Definition of wound
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“Cranked.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/cranked. Accessed 5 Oct. 2026.

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