How to pronounce crank
Listen to crank in real sentences, spoken by real people in public video clips that play here, on YouTongue. No dictionary recording — the word as it is actually used.
“crank” in real sentences
293 clips in the index · 49 American · 9 British · 9 Australian. Clips come from public YouTube videos — parliaments, government agencies and independent channels.
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crank it up very hard to crank it down
Taariq Lewis · hear it here
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It looks like just a crank or a crank handle.
The Royal Institution · hear it here
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saw more this is the crankshaft this is part of it crank case crank case and
NASA · hear it here
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puppets on uh on Comedy Central uh Crank Yankers yeah it looked like a Crank Yankers
The House of Madness · hear it here
Why real speech
A dictionary gives you one careful reading of crank. Conversation gives you the stress, the vowel reduction and the speed that people actually use — and they differ between accents. YouTongue plays the surrounding sentence, so you hear the word in the rhythm it belongs to.