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crankwalk

crankwalk noun: the condition of having excessive play in the crankshaft alignment, letting it drift back and forth, allowing off-alignment interaction with the rest of the engine.

Noun

crankwalk (uncountable)

  1. The condition of having excessive play in the crankshaft alignment, letting it drift back and forth, allowing off-alignment interaction with the rest of the engine.

Forms of crankwalk

alternative formcrank walk

Origin of crankwalk

From crank + walk. From crankshaft drifting around alignment.

Words formed from crankwalk

  • crankwalking
  • crankwalked

Questions about crankwalk

What does crankwalk mean?
Crankwalk means the condition of having excessive play in the crankshaft alignment, letting it drift back and forth, allowing off-alignment interaction with the rest of the engine.
What part of speech is crankwalk?
Crankwalk is a noun.

Words near crankwalk in the dictionary

  1. crankshaft
  2. crankshafted
  3. crankshafting
  4. crankshafts
  5. cranksome
  6. crankwalk
  7. crankweb
  8. crankwebs
  9. cranky
  10. Cranleigh
  11. Cranley

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