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working hard, lifting heavy stuff, usually takes place in the gym but can also be related to work.
"I was crankin' in the gym yesterday when my music died, bummer."
Crankin' by therealcking March 6, 2018
DC slang. Adjetive used to describe really good Go Go music.
Turn dat up. Dat joint crankin like shit.

or

Dat shit crank.
Crankin by DMVRepresenter July 22, 2009
adj. a tight event, the place to be

v. what's happening

adj2. to have the music blasting
adj. It was a gang of hos, that spot was crankin

v. You know where it's going to be crankin tonight?

adj. I had the music crankin, sunroof open, just chillin as i cruised E. 1-4 (main street in Oakland,CA)
crankin by that dozen April 30, 2005
to be spun out of your mind and not know what you are doin on some low quality crank. i once snorted 4g's of crank in one line then my nose fell off and my brain started leaking out.What a mess!
We were all out crankin last nite and some how ended up killing four girl scouts and hanging them from a shower curtain in my neighbors basement. Then when the cops showed up we killed them too and burned them all in the oven and hanging their remains from the ceiling fan.
crankin by Devils reject December 28, 2005
The Selling Of Ill-legal drugs.....usually meth...or some other hard shit...
"hey pete....i juss got fronted a key of dat good....u wanna hit da block crankin this shit for me and bring me back my ends...i'll cut u off a slice"
Crankin by D. Monde June 4, 2007
Also known as Cranking, this term is used to define the act of crying and wanking at the same time
Keith: Jon has seemed happy lately, do you know why?
Jax: Yeah, he's been crankin in the schools bathrooms every period
Crankin by CrankinJax June 7, 2018
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