# crank up

> English word · Verb

## Definitions
1. To start something mechanical, an act that often used to involve cranking.
2. To muster up the mental energy to do something.
3. To prepare (something).
4. To increase, as the volume, power or energy of something.
5. To describe in praiseworthy terms; to promote.
6. To inject heroin.

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-09-03.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/en/word/crank-up