crank

No writing by me so far, except the essays we had to crank out on uninspiring topics such as My Favourite Pet.

Of greater success are her more saturated works that crank up the figurative elements while also embracing more abstract settings.

His principled defense of free speech shouldn’t preclude him from excluding the cranks and carnies.

Halfway between an endurance test and a mad romp, “Dracula” is still proof he’s cinema’s brainiest, raunchiest crank: Eastern European’s own X-rated Monty Python.

I stepped up to crank the freakiness dial, establishing a burgeoning personality trait, and voiced the question: “What do you look like?”