ALL meanings of cranked up
crank up
C c - adjective cranked up British Dialect. cranky1 (def 5). 1
- noun cranked up Machinery. any of several types of arms or levers for imparting rotary or oscillatory motion to a rotating shaft, one end of the crank being fixed to the shaft and the other end receiving reciprocating motion from a hand, connecting rod, etc. 1
- noun cranked up Informal. an ill-tempered, grouchy person. 1
- noun cranked up an unbalanced person who is overzealous in the advocacy of a private cause. 1
- noun cranked up an eccentric or whimsical notion. 1
- noun cranked up a strikingly clever turn of speech or play on words. 1
- noun cranked up Archaic. a bend; turn. 1
- noun cranked up Slang. the nasal decongestant propylhexedrine, used illicitly for its euphoric effects. 1
- noun cranked up Automotive Slang. a crankshaft. 1
- verb with object cranked up to bend into or make in the shape of a crank. 1
- verb with object cranked up to furnish with a crank. 1
- verb with object cranked up Machinery. to rotate (a shaft) by means of a crank. 1
- verb with object cranked up to start (an internal-combustion engine) by turning the crankshaft manually or by means of a small motor. 1
- verb with object cranked up to start the engine of (a motor vehicle) by turning the crankshaft manually. 1
- verb without object cranked up to turn a crank, as in starting an automobile engine. 1
- verb without object cranked up Obsolete. to turn and twist; zigzag. 1
- adjective cranked up unstable; shaky; unsteady. 1
- adjective cranked up of, relating to, or by an unbalanced or overzealous person: a crank phone call; crank mail. 1
- verb cranked up simple past tense and past participle of crank up. 0