Cranky vs Cranks - What's the difference?
cranky | cranks |
(obsolete) Weak, unwell.
Not in good working condition; shaky.
* 1914 , '', ''The River of Doubt ,
Grouchy, irritable; easily upset.
Not in perfect mental working order; eccentric, peculiar.
* 1934 December, ,
(archaic) Full of spirit; spirited.
As an adjective cranky
is weak, unwell.As a noun cranks is
plural of lang=en.As a verb cranks is
third-person singular of crank.cranky
English
Adjective
(er)- We had seven canoes, all of them dugouts. One was small, one was cranky , and two were old, waterlogged, and leaky. The other three were good.
- He got home from a long day at work tired and cranky .
- Uncle Esau is as cranky as hell, and a peculiar old duck, but I think he'll like a fine upstanding young man as big as you be.
