- For the perjoritive term, see Crank (person)
- For the Yorkshire village, see Crackpot, North Yorkshire. "Crank" is a Pejorative term for a person who either holds some belief which the vast majority of his contemporaries would consider false is eccentric (especially Crackpot is a village in Swaledale, North Yorkshire, England.
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crackpot
-noun
- (informal) An eccentric, crazy or foolish person. A kook.
- (informal) Someone addicted to crack cocaine (i.e. a drug addict). See also crackhead.
-adjective
- (informal) Eccentric or impractical