Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

cranked the handle

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.87 in modern English

Syllables
cranked the han-dle
IPA
30
Scrabble Score
16
Letters
2
Syllables
10
Unique Chars

Meaning

Questions

What does cranked the handle mean?
simple past and past participle of crank the handle

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