To operate a device by turning its crank or handle so as to make it function.
2.
generalformalinformal
To perform a routine, mechanical, or repeated operation on a system or process in order to produce expected results; to put a system through its standard procedures.
3.
generalinformal
To increase pressure, force, or tension by turning a control; to tighten or intensify a mechanism or situation by further manual adjustment.
Examples:
EN: -Look. I got my nuts in a ringer now. And I don't like it when people crank the handle, okay?
ES: - Oye mi vida corre peligro y odio que me tomen el pelo.
EN: Can you just crank the handle on that radio?
ES: ¿Puedes girar el dial en esa radio?
ID: Bisa kau putar pegangan di radio itu?
EN: There are just a naturally running mathematical system which by some beautiful feature of the mathematics you crank the handle on the mathematics and out comes the stripes or the spots.
ES: Hay un sólo sistema matemático natural en ejecución que por alguna característica hermosa de la matemática usted gira la manivela de la matemática y el resultado son las rayas o los puntos.
EN: So you input the price, you crank the handle, and the drawer opens.
ES: Así que introducís el precio, le dais a la manivela, y el cajón se abre.
EN: Stick it in the ground, crank the handle, open the spout.
ES: Clávala en el piso, pulsa el manubrio, abre el grifo.
ID: Tancapkan itu ke tanah, Putarkan gagangnya dan buka kerannya.
EN: Now crank the handle so it gets a little tighter.
ES: Gira la manivela para ajustarlo más.
ID: Sekarang putar pegangannya agar lebih kencang.
EN: Get them into the same kind of vise that they have us in. And then crank the handle so hard they beg you to relent.
ID: Buat mereka merasakan hal yang sama seperti kita, dan engkol sekeras mungkin hingga mereka memohon kau melunak.