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crank out

crank out verb: to produce in large volumes mechanically or as if by machine.

Verb

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

  1. (idiomatic) To produce in large volumes mechanically or as if by machine.
    • Near-synonym: churn out
    • The teenager spent hours cranking out volumes of bad poetry.
    Synonyms:
    churn out

Synonyms of crank out

Forms of crank out

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

Questions about crank out

What does crank out mean?
Crank out means to produce in large volumes mechanically or as if by machine.
What part of speech is crank out?
Crank out is a verb.
What is the past tense of crank out?
The past tense of crank out is cranked out.

Words near crank out in the dictionary

  1. crank letter
  2. crank letters
  3. crank off
  4. crank one out
  5. crank one's hog
  6. crank out
  7. crank pin
  8. crank pins
  9. crank science
  10. crank sciences
  11. crank shaft

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