Crank may refer to:
Mechanisms Crank (mechanism), in mechanical engineering, a bent portion of an axle or shaft, or an arm keyed at right angles to the end of a shaft, by which motion is imparted to or received from it Crankset, the component of a bicycle drivetrain that converts the reciprocating motion of the rider's legs into rotational motion Crankshaft, the part of a piston engine which translates reciprocating linear piston motion into rotation Crank machine, a machine used to deliver hard labour in early Victorian prisons in the United Kingdom
Places Crank, Merseyside, a village near Rainford, England Crank Halt railway station in the village of Crank Cranks, Kentucky, United States
Popular culture Crank (film), a 2006 film starring Jason Statham Crank: High Voltage, the 2009 sequel Crank (Hoodoo Gurus album), 1994 Crank (novel), a 2004 book written by Ellen Hopkins "Crank" (Catherine Wheel song), 1993 "Crank" (Playboi Carti song), 2025 "Crank", a song by Fischer-Z from Going Deaf for a Living, 1980 "Crank", a song by TV Rock from Sunshine City, 2006 "Crank", a song by Slayyyter from Worst Girl in America, 2025 Crank (The Almighty album), the fourth studio album released by Scottish heavy metal band The Almighty Crank! A Record Company, a record label that released albums by indie bands Mineral, The Gloria Record, and Bright Eyes Cranks, creatures in The Maze Runner series by James Dashner
Slang Crank (person), a pejorative term used for a person who holds an unshakable belief that most of their contemporaries consider to be false. Prank call or crank call, a false telephone call Crank, slang term for powdered substituted amphetamines, especially methamphetamine
Other uses Cranks (restaurant), a chain of English wholefood vegetarian restaurants Crank (surname), a surname, notable people with the surname see there Crank of a partition, of a partition of an integer is a certain integer associated with the partition
See also
Cranky (disambiguation) Krank (disambiguation)