Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

turning someone's crank

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.51 in modern English

Syllables
turn-ing -some-one's crank
IPA
29
Scrabble Score
20
Letters
4
Syllables
13
Unique Chars

Meaning

verb

present participle and gerund of turn someone's crank

Questions

What does turning someone's crank mean?
present participle and gerund of turn someone's crank

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