Definitions For Cranking
noun
- A machine part with a handle that can be turned in a circular motion to move something
- A person who has strange ideas or thinks too much about one thing
- A person who is often angry or easily annoyed
verb
- To move (something) by turning a crank
- To increase (something) especially by a large amount
- To start or try to start (an engine) by using a crank or some other method to get it moving
Is Cranking a Scrabble Word?
Words With Friends
YES
Scrabble US
YES
Scrabble UK
YES
English International (SOWPODS)
YES
Scrabble Global
YES
Enable1 Dictionary
YES
Points in Different Games
Scrabble
15
Words with Friends
19
The word Cranking is worth 15 points in Scrabble and 19 points in Words with Friends
Examples of Cranking in a Sentence
- To open the car window, turn the crank on the door.
- He was dismissed as a crank until his article was published.
- Most people think she's just a harmless crank.
- He cranked the temperature to 75 degrees.
- Crank the engine to see if it will start.