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crankshaft

crankshaft noun: a rotating shaft with throws (parts that stick out) and which drives, is driven by (cranked by), or functions as a crank.

crankshaft: a rotating shaft with throws (parts that stick out) and which drives, is driven by (cranked by), or...
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Noun

crankshaft (plural crankshafts)

  1. A rotating shaft with throws (parts that stick out) and which drives, is driven by (cranked by), or functions as a crank.

Verb

crankshaft (third-person singular simple present crankshafts, present participle crankshafting, simple past and past participle crankshafted)

  1. To deform in such a manner that part of the rod or bolt is displaced sideways, offset from the longitudinal axis of the part, but remains parallel with the part's main longitudinal axis, with the final shape somewhat resembling a crankshaft.
    • The attachment of the inboard end of the gear beam was damaged but remained intact; the drag strut fuse pin had 'crankshafted' in a direction indicating that a load had been applied in tension but this had also remained intact.2010 February 9, Air Accidents Investigation Branch, “1.12.3.3 Landing gear examination”, in Report on the accident to Boeing 777-236ER, G-YMMM, at London Heathrow Airport on 17 January 2008...

crankshaft meaning in Tamil, Kannada, Tagalog and Arabic

crankshaft in Tamil

மாற்றிதண்டு

crankshaft in Kannada

ತಿರುಗುಣಿ, ತಿರುಗಣೆ, ತಿರುಗುಬೆಣೆ, ತಿರುಗುಸಳಿ, ತಿರುಗುಮೂಕಿ

crankshaft in Tagalog

rotating shaft that drives a crank
sikaran, tandos-sikaran

crankshaft in Arabic

rotating shaft that drives a crank
عَمُود الْمِرْفَق ʕamūd al-mirfaq
More languagesFewer languages
crankshaft in Indonesian
poros engkol, bandul, kruk as

Forms of crankshaft

Noun
pluralcrankshafts
alternative formcrank shaft
Verb
third-person singular presentcrankshafts
present participlecrankshafting
past participlecrankshafted
pastcrankshafted

Plural of crankshaft: crankshafts

Origin of crankshaft

From crank + shaft.

Words formed from crankshaft

Questions about crankshaft

What does crankshaft mean?
Crankshaft means a rotating shaft with throws (parts that stick out) and which drives, is driven by (cranked by), or functions as a crank.
What is crankshaft in Tamil?
Crankshaft in Tamil is மாற்றிதண்டு. See Crankshaft meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is crankshaft?
Crankshaft can be a noun or a verb.
What is the plural of crankshaft?
The plural of crankshaft is crankshafts.

Words near crankshaft in the dictionary

  1. cranks the handle
  2. cranks the hog
  3. cranks up
  4. crankset
  5. cranksets
  6. crankshaft
  7. crankshafted
  8. crankshafting
  9. crankshafts
  10. cranksome
  11. crankwalk

Source and license

Adapted from Wiktionary: crankshaft (page history and authors); crankshaft (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); crankshaft (Kannada Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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