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crank⋅y

1  [krang-kee]
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–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; crank 1 + -y 1

Related forms:
crank⋅i⋅ly, adverb
crank⋅i⋅ness, noun

Synonyms:
1. crotchety, cantankerous, perverse.

crank⋅y

2  [krang-kee]
–adjective Nautical.
crank 2 (def. 1).
Origin:
1835–45; crank 2 + -y 1

crank

2  [krangk]
–adjective Nautical.
1. Also, cranky. having a tendency to roll easily, as a boat or ship; tender (opposed to stiff ).
–noun
2. a crank vessel.
Origin:
1690–1700; prob. to be identified with crank 1 , but sense developement unclear; cf. crank-sided
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crank·y 1   (krāng'kē)   
adj.   crank·i·er, crank·i·est
  1. Having a bad disposition; peevish.
  2. Having eccentric ways; odd.
  3. Full of bends and turns; crooked: a cranky mountain road.
  4. Working unpredictably; erratic: a cranky old truck.
  5. Rickety; loose.
crank'i·ly adv., crank'i·ness n.
crank·y 2   (krāng'kē)   
adj.   crank·i·er, crank·i·est Nautical
Liable to capsize.
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Cranky

Crank"y\ (-?), a. 1. Full of spirit; crank.

2. Addicted to crotchets and whims; unreasonable in opinions; crotchety. [Colloq.]

3. Unsteady; easy to upset; crank.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, © 1996, 1998 MICRA, Inc.
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