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'crank' - used as an adjective
1. (used of boats) inclined to heel over easily under sail

'crank' - used as a noun
2. a bad-tempered person
3. someone regarded as mad, with mad ideas, or whimsically eccentric
4. an amphetamine derivative (trade name Methedrine) used in the form of a crystalline hydrochloride; used as a stimulant to the nervous system and as an appetite suppressant
5. a hand tool consisting of a rotating shaft with parallel handle

'crank' - used as a verb
6. travel along a zigzag path
7. start by cranking
crank up the engine
8. rotate with a crank
9. fasten with a crank
10. bend into the shape of a crank

derived forms
1. Crank / Plural
cranks
2. Crank / Past
cranked
3. Crank / Third Person
cranks
4. Crank / Present Participle
cranking
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    The song with the longest title is "I?m a Cranky Old Yank in a Clanky Old Tank on the Streets of Yokohama with my Honolulu Mama Doin? Those Beat-o, Beat-o Flat-On-My-Seat-o, Hirohito Blues" written by Hoagy Carmichael in 1945. He later claimed the song title ended with ?Yank? and the rest was a joke.