cranky

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Regno Unito//kɹaŋkɪj//
Australia//kɹæki//
Scozia//kɾaŋke//
Scozia//-kɪ//
Scozia//-ki//

Not in good working condition; defective, faulty.

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1
Not in good working condition; defective, faulty.
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.
Margaret Cerullo gave a rousing speech, despite the pesky interruptions of a cranky sound system.
2
Grouchy, grumpy, irritable; easily upset.
He got home from a long day at work tired and cranky.
3
Not in perfect mental working order; eccentric, peculiar.
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.
4
Synonym of crank (“of a ship: liable to capsize because of poorly stowed cargo or insufficient ballast”).
a cranky vessel
5
arcaicoFull of spirit; spirited.
6
obsoletoWeak, unwell.

Etimologia

From crank + -y. Compare Middle Low German krankich (“sickly, unwell”).

Forme

comparativo: crankier
superlativo: crankiest

Crane · A surname.crank · Hard; difficult.Crank · A surname.

cranky · Not in good working condition; defective, faulty.

crap · Something worthless or of poor quality; junk.crappy · Of very poor quality; unpleasant; distasteful.craps · A game of gambling, or chance, where the players throw dice…

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