CRANKISH
- twist or turn of speech conceit used especially in the phrase quips and cranks
- price crotchet
- annoyingly eccentric person
- bad-tempered person grouch
- a bent part of an axle or shaft or an arm keyed at right angles to the end of a shaft by which circular motion is imparted to or received from the shaft or by which reciprocating motion is changed into circular motion or vice versa