adjective
- irritated or bad-tempered
Usage: informal
verb
- past tense and past participle of crank; turned or operated by rotating a handle
Examples
- He cranked the engine until it finally started.
- She cranked the handle to raise the window.
- The old car had to be cranked by hand.
- My dad gets cranked when people are late.
- The teacher was cranked about the messy classroom.
- I’m feeling cranked after that long meeting.