verb🔗ShareActionner, tourner avec une manivelleTo turn by means of a crank."Motorists had to crank their engine by hand."Les automobilistes devaient actionner leur moteur à la main.machineactionChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb🔗ShareActionner une manivelleTo turn a crank."He cranked the handle on the pencil sharpener until his pencil was sharp. "Il a actionné la manivelle du taille-crayon jusqu'à ce que son crayon soit taillé.machineactiontechnicalChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb🔗ShareTourner, actionner(of a crank or similar) To turn."He cranked the handle of the pencil sharpener until his pencil was perfectly pointed. "Il a tourné la manivelle du taille-crayon jusqu'à ce que son crayon soit parfaitement taillé.machineactionChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb🔗ShareActionner, faire tournerTo cause to spin via other means, as though turned by a crank."Crank it up!"Fais-le tourner !machinetechnicalactionChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb🔗ShareSe montrer grincheux, râlerTo act in a cranky manner; to behave unreasonably and irritably, especially through complaining."Quit cranking about your spilt milk!"Arrête de râler à propos de ton lait renversé !attitudecharacteremotionmindhumanChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb🔗ShareFonctionner à plein régime, tourner à fondTo be running at a high level of output or effort."By one hour into the shift, the boys were really cranking."Au bout d'une heure de travail, les garçons fonctionnaient vraiment à plein régime.energyactionmachineworkChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb🔗ShareManiveller, tournerTo run with a winding course; to double; to crook; to wind and turn."The old road cranked through the mountains, making the drive much longer. "L'ancienne route tournait à travers les montagnes, ce qui rendait le trajet beaucoup plus long.actionenergyprocessChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
adjective🔗ShareCoudé, courbéFormed with, or having, a bend or crank."a cranked axle"un essieu coudétechnicalmachinepartChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
