Past tense of crank
regular verb
The past tense of crank is cranked. The past participle is also cranked.
Forms of crank
| Base form (V1) | crank /kɹænk/ |
|---|---|
| Past tense (V2) | cranked /kɹæŋkt/ |
| Past participle (V3) | cranked /kɹæŋkt/ |
| Present participle | cranking |
| Third person singular | cranks |
Less standard forms: crunk (dialectal).
Cranked in a sentence
- I blew out an LED when I cranked up the power.From the entry blow out
- An LED blew out when I cranked up the power.From the entry blow out
- He cranked up the volume to 11.From the entry crank up
- It’s one of those survivalist dealies that needs to be cranked instead of having batteries.2020, N. K. Jemisin, The City We Became, Orbit, page 419. From the entry dealy
- If I was cranked up on caffeine, it was harder to relax and get aroused.2014, Jessica Sims, Wanted: Wild Thing. From the entry cranked up
Meaning of crank
- adjective Hard; difficult.
- adjective Strange; weird; odd.
- adjective Bent; twisted; crooked; distorted; out of repair.
Questions about the past tense of crank
- What is the past tense of crank?
- The past tense of crank is cranked.
- What is the past participle of crank?
- The past participle of crank is cranked.
- Is crank a regular or irregular verb?
- Crank is a regular verb: its past tense adds -ed.
- Is crunk correct?
- crunk is marked dialectal in Wiktionary. The usual past tense of crank is cranked.
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: crank (page history and authors) and the entries of its forms. Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws left out forms marked obsolete, archaic, rare or dialectal and added the examples. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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