After several minutes enough energy is transferred to allow cranking of the engine.

It uses the classic ice and salt approach, but requires no cranking.

He heard the cranking of the handle, felt the brief swell of heat from inside the car.

Easy manual cranking of the time line brought the dynamic test to its desired end point, when dials were read.

Ananais took over the cranking of the device and they hooked the leather into place within four minutes.

The Watchmen stopped their cranking and exchanged uneasy looks.

The l000cc motor caught after a few seconds of high-speed cranking, and settled into a fast, ragged idle.

They require virtually no cranking, allowing the cook the luxury of making frozen desserts on the spot.

Also, motor wind is faster than manual cranking, permitting tighter sequences of shots.

Cars couldn't be started with the simple turn of a key; a strenuous cranking would be required to get the pistons moving.

He longed to get back into a suit and do some serious cranking, to hop on a motorcycle and just open it up.

Only then did Jimmy notice that the cranking of the screwdriver had stopped in the middle of a crank.

With the wind astern, steering became a monotonous cranking of the wheel from left to right and back again as the waves passed.

Some newer cranking mechanisms are not removable.

The men inside the submarine furiously reversed the direction of their cranking, and the little craft slowly backed away from her adversary.

Or, if you're sure the car will start with very little cranking, make one attempt to start the engine and let its alternator revive the battery.

It's a masterly cranking of suspicions, both personal and political, and he mixes the moodiness deftly.

It takes much cranking of the engine with the starter motor to get going again - although the time it takes to fire up does vary.

The fishing line is reeled in by a spool powered either by manual cranking or by an electric motor.

Successive cranking can also store energy in the lantern's rechargeable battery, or the lantern can be plugged into an outlet.

"Unlike other early cars, the Baker Electric needed no cranking, had no gasoline smell and was essentially maintenance-free," he says.

And then the first baseman singled to start the ninth and set the stage for Bonilla's cranking of a high fastball from Rojas.

Also, a turn of the century (19th century) euphemism for baseball spectators, referring to the cranking of the turnstiles as they pass into the ballpark.

Film historians have commented on the possibilities for viewers to slow down the hand cranking of the footage in was not technically possible in other art forms.

Then he bent his back to the cranking of one of the many windlasses that tightened the tangle of ropes to bowstring tautness.

What's more, cranks either cut off quickly or they stick a long while.

And wait for them to son you out from all the cranks they're no doubt getting.

"Why do you want to waste time on those cranks for?"

Nine times out of ten they're cranks, kids playing with the phone.

So what does it matter if there are fewer cranks?

The answer is not to stand by while the general cranks up his repression.

"Most people have to stop being cranks and earn a living."

We cranks don't think you can have it both ways.

I suppose you could try some of his fellow cranks.

The novel Crank is written in a form of free verse.

"I see the parties at an end," the Crank said.

I'm not sure how long I can hold old Crank back.

Two cranks of this and people talk to me the way I want."

They dismiss their critics as cranks who have no following.

I guess editors get letters from cranks all the time.

Some of us devoted cranks would be glad to do the job for nothing.

Both of the window cranks had been removed in the rear.

The cranks always had certain buzz words that appeared early on.

The next thing she did was start to pull my legs apart with the cranks.

Kristina now has a very large amount of Crank on her hands, so she is getting high even more often.

We had long since screened all calls through another number in order to avoid cranks.

Cranks also turn up in less rarefied areas of research.

The other cranks the phone to get the juices flowing.

All three have cranks that can be adjusted for length.

Was ever a group so put upon by cranks as ourselves?"

In those days, she would crank out three at a time.

Of course he was great, but why did I have to crank myself up each time to read him?

I think you should crank it up to 100 percent.

My father got out of the car to crank it.

When they tried, three years ago, the system just cranked on.

It can crank out a paper on almost any subject.

About an hour later it began to crank up again.

You know, many things do work with security cranked all the way up.

"How much time do you need to crank up those numbers?"

It cranked out six million a year in interest alone.

Perhaps one in seven if I got really cranked up.

We must do this to crank up the process and keep it moving.

"We'll have to crank things up in the second half."

Check its performance by watching the line as you crank.

After that, he got in again and cranked it up.

She cranked open an eye and looked across the room.

Crank your pace up to an 8 for 2 minutes.

His serve is cranked up to 115 miles an hour.

To do that, you have to crank up the volume.

"You think he cranked it up a little too much?"

I mean, Microsoft would probably now love to crank up the security, after the fact.

I'm sure they'll try cranking it up even more in the mean time.

After a while I tried to crank my jaw back up.

He has about 100 days to begin to crank new reforms into action.

So much for trying to crank her anger in hope it would help.