- crank out something
- crank out (something)
to produce something continually, like a machine.
He regularly cranks out one movie a year and hasn't shown any signs of slowing down.
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crank out something
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crank out — (something) to produce something continually, like a machine. He regularly cranks out one movie a year and hasn t shown any signs of slowing down … New idioms dictionary
crank out — verb produce in a routine or monotonous manner We have to crank out publications in order to receive funding • Syn: ↑grind out • Hypernyms: ↑produce, ↑bring forth • Verb Frames: Somebody s something … Useful english dictionary
crank — crank1 [kraŋk] n. [ME < OE cranc , as in crancstæf, yarn comb, CRINGE, CRINKLE: basic sense “something twisted”: for IE base see CRADLE] 1. a handle or arm bent at right angles and connected to a shaft of a machine, used to transmit motion or… … English World dictionary
crank — crank1 [kræŋk] n [: Old English; Origin: cranc] 1.) a handle on a piece of equipment, that you can turn in order to move something 2.) informal someone who has unusual ideas and behaves strangely ▪ Zoff was originally dismissed as a crank, but… … Dictionary of contemporary English
crank something out — tv. to produce something; to make a lot of something. □ She can crank mystery novels out like fury. They’re all good, too. CD That man does nothing but crank out trouble … Dictionary of American slang and colloquial expressions
crank — crank1 [ kræŋk ] noun count 1. ) INFORMAL someone whose ideas or behavior are very strange: Protesters were dismissed as cranks. a ) only before noun used about someone s behavior or actions: Radio stations often get crank calls. 2. ) AMERICAN… … Usage of the words and phrases in modern English
crank — [[t]kræ̱ŋk[/t]] cranks, cranking, cranked 1) N COUNT (disapproval) If you call someone a crank, you think their ideas or behaviour are strange. [INFORMAL] The Prime Minister called Councillor Marshall a crank ... He looked like a crank. Syn:… … English dictionary
crank — I. /kræŋk / (say krangk) noun 1. Machinery a device for communicating motion, or for changing rotary motion into reciprocating motion, or vice versa, consisting in its simplest form of an arm projecting from, or secured at right angles at the end …
crank — I UK [kræŋk] / US noun [countable] Word forms crank : singular crank plural cranks 1) a) British informal someone with ideas or behaviour that you think are very strange Protesters were dismissed as cranks. b) [only before noun] used about… … English dictionary
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