Meanings
verbcrankshaft (third-person singular simple present crankshafts, present participle crankshafting, simple past and past participle crankshafted)
present singular third person crankshafts · participle present crankshafting · participle past crankshafted · past crankshafted · alternative crank shaft
- To deform in such a manner that part of the rod or bolt is displaced sideways, offset from the longitudinal axis of the part, but remains parallel with the part's main longitudinal axis, with the final shape somewhat resembling a crankshaft.
The attachment of the inboard end of the gear beam was damaged but remained intact; the drag strut fuse pin had 'crankshafted' in a direction indicating that a load had been applied in tension but this had also remained intact.
2010 February 9, Air Accidents Investigation Branch, “1.12.3.3 Landing gear examination”, in Report on the accident to Boeing 777-236ER, G-YMMM, at London Heathrow Airport on 17 January 2008, archived from the original on 16 Jun 2022, page 44
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Translations
Afrikaans krukas
- krukasrotating shaft that drives a crank
Arabic عَمُود الْمِرْفَق
- عَمُود الْمِرْفَق (ʕamūd al-mirfaq)rotating shaft that drives a crank
Bulgarian колянов вал
- колянов вал (koljanov val)rotating shaft that drives a crank
Catalan cigonyal
- cigonyalrotating shaft that drives a crank
Chinese Mandarin 曲軸 /曲轴
- 曲軸 /曲轴 (qūzhóu)rotating shaft that drives a crank
Czech kliková hřídel
- kliková hřídelrotating shaft that drives a crank
Danish krumtapaksel
- krumtapakselrotating shaft that drives a crank
Dutch krukas
- krukasrotating shaft that drives a crank
Finnish kampiakseli
- kampiakselirotating shaft that drives a crank
French vilebrequin
- vilebrequinrotating shaft that drives a crank
German Kurbelwelle
- Kurbelwellerotating shaft that drives a crank
Greek στροφαλοφόρος άξονας
- στροφαλοφόρος άξονας (strofalofóros áxonas)rotating shaft that drives a crank
Hebrew גַּל אַרְכֻּבָּה
- גַּל אַרְכֻּבָּה (gal arkuba)rotating shaft that drives a crank
Hungarian főtengely, forgattyústengely
- főtengelyrotating shaft that drives a crank
- forgattyústengelyrotating shaft that drives a crank
Indonesian poros engkol, bandul
- poros engkolrotating shaft that drives a crank
- bandulrotating shaft that drives a crank
- kruk asrotating shaft that drives a crank
Italian albero a gomiti
- albero a gomitirotating shaft that drives a crank
Japanese クランクシャフト
- クランクシャフト (kurankushafuto)rotating shaft that drives a crank
Lithuanian alkūninis velenas
- alkūninis velenasrotating shaft that drives a crank
Norwegian Bokmål veivaksel
- veivakselrotating shaft that drives a crank
Polish wał korbowy, wał wykorbiony
- wał korbowyrotating shaft that drives a crank
- wał wykorbionyrotating shaft that drives a crank
Portuguese virabrequim, cambota
- virabrequimrotating shaft that drives a crank
- cambotarotating shaft that drives a crank
Romanian arbore cotit, vilbrochen
- arbore cotitrotating shaft that drives a crank
- vilbrochenrotating shaft that drives a crank
Russian коле́нчатый вал, коленва́л
- коле́нчатый вал (kolénčatyj val)rotating shaft that drives a crank
- коленва́л (kolenvál)rotating shaft that drives a crank
Spanish cigüeñal
- cigüeñalrotating shaft that drives a crank
Swahili fitokombo
- fitokomborotating shaft that drives a crank
Swedish vevaxel
- vevaxelrotating shaft that drives a crank
Tagalog sikaran, tandos-sikaran
- sikaranrotating shaft that drives a crank
- tandos-sikaranrotating shaft that drives a crank
Turkish krank mili
- krank milirotating shaft that drives a crank
Welsh crancsiafft, crancwerthyd
- crancsiafftrotating shaft that drives a crank
- crancwerthydrotating shaft that drives a crank
Cite this entry
APA
crankshaft. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/crankshaft
MLA
“crankshaft.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/crankshaft. Accessed November 4, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “crankshaft,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/crankshaft.
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