Thesaurus

(n) : an ill-tempered or nasty person; a bent piece of an axle, or shaft, or an arm attached at right angles to the end of a shaft or wheel, used to impart a circular action to a wheel or other mechanical device and create power; also used to change circular into reciprocating motion, or reciprocating into circular motion

(v) : to turn a crank; to cause to spin via other means, as though turned by a crank