cranky

adj 1: (used of boats) inclined to heel over easily under sail

[syn: {crank}, {tender}, {tippy}]

2: easily irritated or annoyed; "an incorrigibly fractious

young man"; "not the least nettlesome of his countrymen"

[syn: {fractious}, {irritable}, {nettlesome}, {peevish}, {peckish},

{pettish}, {petulant}, {testy}, {tetchy}, {techy}]

crank

(Automotive slang) Verb used to describe the performance of a

machine, especially sustained performance. "This box cranks

(or, cranks at) about 6 megaflops, with a burst mode of twice

that on vectorised operations."

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(1994-12-01)