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crank

noun
  1. Informal. A person who habitually complains or grumbles: complainer, crab, faultfinder, grouch, growler, grumbler, grump, murmurer, mutterer, whiner. Informal: griper, grouser. Slang: bellyacher, sorehead, sourpuss. See happy
  2. Informal. A person regarded as strange, eccentric, or crazy: crackpot, crazy, eccentric, lunatic. Informal: loon, loony. Slang: cuckoo, ding-a-ling, dingbat, kook, nut, screwball, weirdie, weirdo. See wise
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