крюк — meaning in English

English meaning

• crank noun A handle or arm turned to operate a machine or mechanism.
• detour noun An indirect route taken instead of the direct one.
• fluke noun A lucky, accidental success unlikely to happen again.
• hook noun A curved piece of metal or other material used to catch, hold, or hang something.

Senses

крюк 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.
• detour A diversion or deviation from one's original route.
• fluke A metal hook on the head of certain staff weapons (such as a bill), made in various forms depending on function, whether used for grappling or to penetrate armour when swung at an opponent.
• hook A rod bent into a curved shape, typically with one end free and the other end secured to a rope or other attachment.
• kype The hook that develops in the lower jaw of an adult male of most salmonid species when it is ready to spawn.

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.

detour — full definition

1. noun An indirect route taken instead of the direct one.
2. verb To take, or send someone on, an indirect route.

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