kääkkä — meaning in English

English meaning

• crank noun A handle or arm turned to operate a machine or mechanism.
• crone noun An old woman, especially one seen as withered, unpleasant, or witch-like.
• geezer noun An old man, especially one seen as eccentric or cranky.
• scold verb To criticize someone sharply, usually for doing something wrong.

Senses

kääkkä is used for these senses in English:

• crank A bent piece of an axle or shaft, or an attached arm perpendicular, or nearly so, to the end of a shaft or wheel, used to impart a rotation to a wheel or other mechanical device; also used to change circular into reciprocating motion, or reciprocating into circular motion.
• crone (obsolete) An old man, especially one who talks and acts like an old woman.
• curmudgeon An ill-tempered person full of stubborn ideas or opinions, often an older man.
• geezer (informal, chiefly, North America, sometimes, mildly, derogatory) An old person, usually a male, typically a cranky old man.
• scold A person who habitually scolds, in particular a troublesome and angry woman.

crank — full definition

1. noun A handle or arm turned to operate a machine or mechanism.
2. noun A person seen as eccentric, obsessive, or holding strange fringe beliefs.
3. adjective Grouchy or irritable (informal, chiefly used as "cranky").
4. verb To turn using a crank, or to start a machine by turning one.

crone — full definition

1. noun An old woman, especially one seen as withered, unpleasant, or witch-like.
2. noun In Wiccan and folklore tradition, the archetype of an old, wise woman, one of the three aspects of the Goddess.

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