Friday's slang word of the day: crank

Today's slang word of the day is crank. Its definitions appear below. Click here to vote on usage and vulgarity, to see words that share the same meaning, and to see words that share the same root words.

crank

noun

• an eccentric person.

  That think-tank only hires cranks. I wouldn't listen to anything they say, if I were you.

  • See more words with the same meaning: crazy, insane, weird, strange person.

  Last edited on Jun 15 2013. Submitted by Walter Rader (Editor) from Sacramento, CA, USA on Sep 02 2009.

noun - uncountable

• powdered methamphetamine.

                                                                                                                                                   
  
  Citation from "Pilot", Raines (TV), Season 1 Episode 1 (2007) blacked out to resolve Google's penalty against this site.

                                                                                                                
  
  Citation from "Iced, Iced Babies", American Dad! (TV), Season 2 Episode 6 (2006) blacked out to resolve Google's penalty against this site.

                                                                                                                                                                              
  
               
  
                                                                                    
  
  Citation from "A Hit is a Hit", The Sopranos (TV), Season 1 Episode 10 blacked out to resolve Google's penalty against this site.

  • See more words with the same meaning: stimulants (e.g. methamphetamines, caffeine).

  Last edited on Mar 26 2013. Submitted by Jim H from Latham, NY, USA on Sep 12 2002.

Enjoy!

-- Walter (waltergr@aol.com) from The Online Slang Dictionary

P.S. Sorry about the blacked out citations. Google penalizes the dictionary if I show them. (There's a bunch of information about the penalty here.)