Phrases related to: crank-shaft

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crank up	To increase, as the volume, power or energy of something.	Rate it: (4.33 / 3 votes)
crank out	To produce in large volumes mechanically or as if by machine.	Rate it: (4.00 / 5 votes)
crank the handle	To perform a process; to do some work.	Rate it: (0.00 / 0 votes)
crank up	To start something mechanical, an act that often used to involve cranking.	Rate it: (0.00 / 0 votes)
turn someone's crank	To arouse a person's interest or passion; to excite someone.	Rate it: (0.00 / 0 votes)
dead center	The position of the crank of a piston when it is in line with the connecting rod	Rate it: (0.00 / 0 votes)
le trait est arrivé à son adresse	The shaft (or, arrow) hit the mark; He took the hint.	Rate it: (0.00 / 0 votes)
shift gears	To change the gear by which motion is transmitted from a powered shaft to another shaft, especially in a motor vehicle.	Rate it: (0.00 / 0 votes)
spanner	A hand tool shaped like a small crank handle, for winding the spring of a wheel lock on a musket.	Rate it: (0.00 / 0 votes)
walk the dog	Perform a trick where the ball rolls down the shaft, and then is caught in the head of the lacrosse stick.	Rate it: (0.00 / 0 votes)
winder-up	Hand-Crank an Automobile in a rapid 360 Degree Constant Cranking Action!	Rate it: (0.00 / 0 votes)