crank

"I grind my coffee by hand with a coffee grinder with a crank handle."

"Yes, a crank was all it needed to start."

"The winding crank of the mountain path made the hike challenging. "

"Billy-Bob is a nasty old crank! He chased my cat away."

"Her decision to quit the soccer team seemed like a sudden crank, as she had always loved playing. "

"After losing the game, the boy had a crank and slammed his door. "

"John is a crank because he talks to himself."

"The old crank at the baseball game cheered loudly for his favorite team. "

"That crank next door thinks he’s created cold fusion in his garage."

"The comedian used a clever crank in his joke, changing the meaning of "fly" from an insect to a fast-moving person. "

"My grandmother is a crank; she has been bedridden with the flu for weeks. "

"Motorists had to crank their engine by hand."

"He had to crank the handle of the old ice cream maker for a long time to freeze the ice cream. "

"To start the old bicycle, I had to crank the pedals. "

"Crank it up!"

"Quit cranking about your spilt milk!"

"By one hour into the shift, the boys were really cranking."

"The river used to crank through the valley, making it difficult to build roads. "

"Her uncle has some crank ideas about how to grow tomatoes. "

"My little brother was feeling crank today; he couldn't get out of bed for school. "

"The overloaded cargo ship was crank, putting all hands on deck at risk. "

"Even though he was just starting the project, he had a crank attitude, confidently declaring he'd finish it in a day. "

"The dealer offered him crank, but he refused because he knew it was a dangerous drug. "