What does crank up mean?

crank up means "start by cranking". That is the primary sense; the word has 2 in total, listed in full on this page.

What is another word for crank up?

Close synonyms include crank, crank. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is crank up a common word?

crank up is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.

crank up — meaning, pronunciation and 2 definitions

verb

2 sensesAn action, occurrence or state of being.

1.
start by cranking
“crank up the engine”
Synonymscrank
Broaderstart
2.
rotate with a crank
Synonymscrank
Broaderrotate

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