(~s, ~ing, ~ed)
1.
If you call someone a ~, you think their ideas or behaviour are strange. (INFORMAL)
The Prime Minister called Councillor Marshall ‘a ~’...
N-COUNT disapproval
2.
A ~ is a device that you turn in order to make something move.
N-COUNT
3.
If you ~ an engine or machine, you make it move or function, especially by turning a handle.
The chauffeur got out to ~ the motor.
VERB: V n