Crank

• 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==