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Pronunciation: [kɹˈaŋks] (IPA)

Cranks can be a tricky word to find synonyms for, as it can have multiple meanings depending on the context. However, some synonyms for the term include eccentric, oddball, kook, nut, zealot, fanatic, fanaticist, or obsessive. In the context of machinery, the term can also refer to a type of lever used to turn a wheel or other mechanical parts. In this sense, other synonyms could include handle, hand crank, or lever. Regardless of the context, it's important to choose the right synonym to convey the intended meaning and avoid confusion.
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Usage examples for Cranks

But I suppose there have to be just such cranks; it takes all kinds to make a world."
"A Hazard of New Fortunes, Part Fifth"
William Dean Howells
Other societies, which shall be nameless, have gone under because they've appealed only to cranks.
"Night and Day"
Virginia Woolf
We're not responsible for all the cranks who choose to lodge in the same house with us.
"Night and Day"
Virginia Woolf

Famous quotes with Cranks

  • I am amazed that this remarkable and original talent has been at America's service for nearly twenty years, its patient waiting entirely unrewarded whether by the public or the critics or even the superior cranks.
    James Branch Cabell
  • (Gardner) writes about various kinds of cranks with the conscious superiority of the scientist, and in most cases one can share his sense of the victory of reason. But after half a dozen chapters this non-stop superiority begins to irritate; you begin to wonder about the standards that make him so certain he is always right. He asserts that the scientist, unlike the crank, does his best to remain open-minded. So how can he be so sure that no sane person has ever seen a flying saucer, or used a dowsing rod to locate water? And that all the people he disagrees with are unbalanced fanatics? A colleague of the positivist philosopher A. J. Ayer once remarked wryly "I wish I was as certain of anything as he seems to be about everything." Martin Gardner produces the same feeling.
    Colin Wilson
  • He writes about various kinds of cranks with the conscious superiority of the scientist, and in most cases one can share his sense of the victory of reason.He asserts that the scientist, unlike the crank, does his best to remain open-minded. So how can he be so sure that no sane person has ever seen a flying saucer, or used a dowsing rod to locate water? And that all the people he disagrees with are unbalanced fanatics?Martin Gardner produces the same feeling.
    Martin Gardner
  • It's all done with gears. Also pinions, snails, arbors; pawls and ratchets; and cam followers; cables, levers, bell cranks, and pivots.
    Brian Hayes (scientist)
  • I have been known as a crank, faddist, madman. Evidently the reputation is well deserved. For wherever I go, I draw to myself cranks, faddists, and madmen.
    Mahatma Gandhi

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