What does "crank" mean?

crank out

☆
Informal to produce at a steady and prolific rate: used to suggest automatic or machinelike production an author who cranks out bestsellers

crank up

Informal
  1. to get started
  2. ☆ to increase, esp. to a high level, the loudness, speed, etc. of to crank up the volume on a stereo

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