Speakur

Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

cranking the handle

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.83 in modern English

Syllables
crank-ing the han-dle
IPA
31
Scrabble Score
17
Letters
3
Syllables
12
Unique Chars

Meaning

verb

present participle and gerund of crank the handle

Questions

What does cranking the handle mean?
present participle and gerund of crank the handle

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