crank out

verb

cranked out; cranking out; cranks out

transitive verb

: to produce especially in a mechanical manner

crank out a manuscript

Examples of crank out in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

After missing the first month of the season with a back injury, Suarez has returned to the rotation and has cranked out a couple quality starts. —Anthony Stitt, Forbes.com, 19 May 2025

Back in October 2008, the Saturday Night Live gang was eating dinner at one of creator Lorne Michaels' regular restaurants, Lattanzi, to toast the week's host, Jon Hamm, before heading back to the office to crank out the week's script. —Raechal Shewfelt, EW.com, 30 Mar. 2025

The weekend's low pressure system whipped up winds that drove fires in Oklahoma and Texas and cranked out deadly tornadoes in Alabama, Arkansas, Missouri, Kansas and Mississippi. —Mirna Alsharif, NBC News, 17 Mar. 2025

For Karina, who has been fusing Mexican roots and rock for a few years now, the idea of bunkering down in a studio and cranking out the album was a little new. —Julyssa Lopez, Rolling Stone, 13 May 2025

Word History

First Known Use

1956, in the meaning defined above

Rhymes for crank out

• about
• bailout
• blackout
• blowout
• breakout
• burnout
• buyout
• checkout
• closeout
• cutout
• devout
• dropout