# cranker

Pronunciation: US say "KRANGK-er" /ˈkɹæŋkɚ/; UK say "KRANG-kuh" /ˈkɹæŋkə/

## Noun

1. A person who operates a crank, turning the handle to work a machine or device.
   - Simple: A person who turns a crank, a handle that makes a machine work.
   - _Early auto crankers learned to grip the handle with the thumb alongside the fingers, never wrapped around it._
   - _On the silent-film set, a steady cranker kept the camera's handle turning at an even pace._

## Other meanings

- (adjective) Comparative of crank.

## Origin

Formed from the verb crank and the suffix -er.

Source: DictionaryAI, https://dictionaryai.com/define/cranker (written from Wiktionary data, CC BY-SA 4.0: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/).