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Entry · Sunday, May 24, 2026

Crankshaft, Marine Diesel

Plate N., Marine diesel crankshaft at rest, awaiting installation.

Photo by Tomasz Zielonka on Unsplash

Crankshaft, Marine Diesel

/krangk-shaft, muh-reen DEE-sel/  n.
  1. 1. A stout, elongated component of maritime propulsion systems, noted for its formidable girth and rotational authority. Particularly evident when viewed astern, in raking light.
  2. 2. colloq. What you call a crankshaft after it stops fitting through normal doorways.
In a sentence,

"The marine diesel crankshaft was so thiccc the dock crane refused it on the first lift, citing a personal limit."

Etymology,

From crank (Middle English cranke, 'a bend or turn') + shaft (Old English sceaft, 'pole or rod'), with the maritime diesel sub-genre dating to Rudolf Diesel's 1893 patent. The ocean asked for power. The crankshaft replied with mass.

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Sources

  1. Photograph by Tomasz Zielonka, via Unsplash. Catalogued under plate N.
  2. Direct ruling URL: thiccctionary.com/is/crankshaft-thiccc/ — the shareable "Is a crankshaft thiccc?" page.
  3. Cross-reference: Thiccctionary A-Z, C.
  4. Catalogued under: Industrial Machinery. See related entries below.
  5. Editorial review: pending objection from the Senior Cataloguer's office.

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