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crankiness

[krang-kee]

crank·y

1[krang-kee]
adjective, crank·i·er, crank·i·est.
1.
ill-tempered; grouchy; cross: I'm always cranky when I don't get enough sleep.
2.
eccentric; queer.
3.
shaky; unsteady; out of order.
4.
full of bends or windings; crooked.
5.
British Dialect. sickly; in unsound or feeble condition; infirm.

Origin:
1780–90; crank1 + -y1

crank·i·ly, adverb
crank·i·ness, noun


1. crotchety, cantankerous, perverse.

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So is doohickey. Does it mean:
a gadget; dingus; thingumbob.
a chattering or flighty, light-headed person.
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cranky1 (ˈkræŋkɪ)
 
adj , crankier, crankiest
1.  informal eccentric
2.  informal chiefly (US), (Canadian), (Irish) fussy and bad-tempered
3.  shaky; out of order
4.  full of bends and turns
5.  dialect unwell
 
'crankily1
 
adv
 
'crankiness1
 
n

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