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'''Crank''' may refer to:<br />
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==Mechanisms==<br />
* [[Crank (mechanism)]], in mechanical engineering, a bent portion of an axle or shaft, or an arm keyed at right angles to the end of a shaft, by which motion is imparted to or received from it<br />
* [[Crankset]], the component of a bicycle drivetrain that converts the reciprocating motion of the rider's legs into rotational motion<br />
* [[Crankshaft]], the part of a piston engine which translates reciprocating linear piston motion into rotation<br />
* [[Crank machine]], a machine used to deliver hard labour in early Victorian prisons in the United Kingdom<br />
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==Places==<br />
* [[Crank, Merseyside]], a village near Rainford, England<br />
** [[Crank Halt railway station]] in the village of Crank<br />
* [[Cranks, Kentucky]], United States<br />
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==Popular culture==<br />
* [[Crank (film)|''Crank'' (film)]], a 2006 film starring Jason Statham<br />
** ''[[Crank: High Voltage]]'', the 2009 sequel<br />
* [[Crank (Hoodoo Gurus album)|''Crank'' (Hoodoo Gurus album)]], 1994<br />
* [[Crank (novel)|''Crank'' (novel)]], a 2004 book written by Ellen Hopkins<br />
* [[Crank (Catherine Wheel song)|"Crank" (Catherine Wheel song)]], 1993<br />
* [[Crank (Playboi Carti song)|"Crank" (Playboi Carti song)]], 2025<br />
* "Crank", a song by Fischer-Z from ''[[Going Deaf for a Living]]'', 1980<br />
* "Crank", a song by TV Rock from ''[[Sunshine City (album)|Sunshine City]]'', 2006<br />
* [[Crank (The Almighty album)|''Crank'' (The Almighty album)]], the fourth studio album released by Scottish heavy metal band The Almighty<br />
* [[Crank! A Record Company]], a record label that released albums by indie bands Mineral, The Gloria Record, and Bright Eyes<br />
* Cranks, creatures in [[The Maze Runner (book series)|''The Maze Runner'' series]] by James Dashner<br />
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==Slang==<br />
* [[Crank (person)]], a pejorative term used for a person who holds an unshakable belief that most of his or her contemporaries consider to be false.<br />
* [[Prank call]] or crank call, a false telephone call<br />
* Crank, slang term for powdered [[substituted amphetamine]]s, especially [[methamphetamine]]<br />
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== Other uses ==<br />
* [[Cranks (restaurant)]], a chain of English wholefood vegetarian restaurants<br />
* [[Crank (surname)]], a surname, notable people with the surname see there<br />
* [[Crank of a partition]], of a partition of an integer is a certain integer associated with the partition<br />
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==See also==<br />
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* [[Cranky (disambiguation)]]<br />
* [[Krank (disambiguation)]]<br />
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