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'''Crank''' may refer to:

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==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)|''Crank'' (film)]], a 2006 film starring Jason Statham
** ''[[Crank: High Voltage]]'', the 2009 sequel
* [[Crank (Hoodoo Gurus album)|''Crank'' (Hoodoo Gurus album)]], 1994
* [[Crank (novel)|''Crank'' (novel)]], a 2004 book written by Ellen Hopkins
* [[Crank (Catherine Wheel song)|"Crank" (Catherine Wheel song)]], 1993
* [[Crank (Playboi Carti song)|"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 (album)|Sunshine City]]'', 2006
* [[Crank (The Almighty album)|''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 (book series)|''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 his or her contemporaries consider to be false.
* [[Prank call]] or crank call, a false telephone call
* Crank, slang term for powdered [[substituted amphetamine]]s, 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 conjecture]], a term coined by Freeman Dyson to explain congruence patterns in integer partitions
* [[Crank of a partition]], of a partition of an integer is a certain integer associated with the partition

==See also==
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* [[Cranky (disambiguation)]]
* [[Krank (disambiguation)]]

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