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Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

undercrank

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
un-der-crank
IPA
17
Scrabble Score
10
Letters
3
Syllables
8
Unique Chars

Meaning

verb

To shoot a scene while advancing the film in the camera more slowly than it will advance on playback. This results in speeding up the action in the final film.

Etymology

From under- + crank; dating from a time when movie film was advanced in a camera by the turning of a crank.

Word Breakdown

Inflected Forms

undercranks (present, singular) undercranking (participle, present) undercranked (participle, past) undercranked (past)

Frequently Paired Words

undercranked

Antonyms

overcrank

Questions

What does undercrank mean?
To shoot a scene while advancing the film in the camera more slowly than it will advance on playback. This results in speeding up the action in the final film.
Where does undercrank come from?
From under- + crank; dating from a time when movie film was advanced in a camera by the turning of a crank.

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