[{"Bold_text": "noun", "List Items": ["Machinery.any of several types of arms or levers for imparting rotary or oscillatory motion to a rotating shaft, one end of the crank being fixed to the shaft and the other end receiving reciprocating motion from a hand, connecting rod, etc.", "Informal.an ill-tempered, grouchy person.", "an unbalanced person who is overzealous in the advocacy of a private cause.", "an eccentric or whimsical notion.", "a strikingly clever turn of speech or play on words.", "Archaic.a bend; turn.", "Slang.the nasal decongestant propylhexedrine, used illicitly for its euphoric effects.", "Automotive Slang.a crankshaft ."]}, {"Bold_text": "verb (used with object)", "List Items": ["to bend into or make in the shape of a crank.", "to furnish with a crank.", "Machinery.to rotate (a shaft) by means of a crank.", "to start (an internal-combustion engine) by turning the crankshaft manually or by means of a small motor.", "to start the engine of (a motor vehicle) by turning the crankshaft manually."]}, {"Bold_text": "verb (used without object)", "List Items": ["to turn a crank, as in starting an automobile engine.", "Obsolete.to turn and twist; zigzag."]}, {"Bold_text": "adjective", "List Items": ["unstable ; shaky ; unsteady .", "of, relating to, or by an unbalanced or overzealous person:a crank phone call; crank mail.", "British Dialect. cranky1(def5) cranky1(def5)."]}, {"Bold_text": "verb phrase", "List Items": ["to make or produce in a mass-production, effortless, or mechanical way:She's able to crank out one best-selling novel after another.", "to incorporate as an integral part:Overhead is cranked into the retail cost.", "to cause to diminish or terminate:the president's efforts to crank down inflation.", "Informal.to get started or ready:The theater season is cranking up with four benefit performances.to stimulate, activate, or produce:to crank up enthusiasm for a new product.to increase one's efforts, output, etc.:Industry began to crank up after the new tax incentives became law.", "to get started or ready:The theater season is cranking up with four benefit performances.", "to stimulate, activate, or produce:to crank up enthusiasm for a new product.", "to increase one's efforts, output, etc.:Industry began to crank up after the new tax incentives became law."]}, {"Bold_text": "adjective", "List Items": ["Also having a tendency to roll easily, as a boat or ship; tender ( stiff )."]}, {"Bold_text": "noun", "List Items": ["a crank vessel."]}, {"Bold_text": "adjective", "List Items": ["lively ; high-spirited ."]}]