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crank off

crank off verb: to shoot a gun (usually multiple times).

Verb

crank off (third-person singular simple present cranks off, present participle cranking off, simple past and past participle cranked off)

  1. (intransitive, slang) To shoot a gun (usually multiple times).

Forms of crank off

third-person singular presentcranks off
present participlecranking off
past participlecranked off
pastcranked off

Questions about crank off

What does crank off mean?
Crank off means to shoot a gun (usually multiple times).
What part of speech is crank off?
Crank off is a verb.
What is the past tense of crank off?
The past tense of crank off is cranked off.

Words near crank off in the dictionary

  1. crank callers
  2. crank calls
  3. crank it
  4. crank letter
  5. crank letters
  6. crank off
  7. crank one out
  8. crank one's hog
  9. crank out
  10. crank pin
  11. crank pins

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