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crank

 
 
/kræŋk/ noun [C]

Translation

PERSON informal someone with strange ideas or behaviour
garip fikir ve davranışları olan kişi, saplantılı kimse
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HANDLE a handle that you turn to make a machine work
manivela, kol
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(Definition of crank noun from the Cambridge Learner's Dictionary English-Turkish © Cambridge University Press)

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