hand-cranked

adjective

Operated by means of a hand crank.

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Meanings

adjectivehand-cranked (not comparable)
  1. not comparableOperated by means of a hand crank.

    Action such as this, filmed under great difficulty with a bulky, hand-cranked camera, revealed the possibilities of the movies and was quite startling in those early days.

    1958 February 28, David Gunston, “Railways on the Screen”, in Railway Magazine, page 87
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APA

hand-cranked. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/hand-cranked

MLA

“hand-cranked.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/hand-cranked. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “hand-cranked,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/hand-cranked.

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