"crank out" meaning in English

{
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "cranks out",
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "cranking out",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "cranked out",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "cranked out",
      "tags": [
        "past"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "*"
      },
      "expansion": "crank out (third-person singular simple present cranks out, present participle cranking out, simple past and past participle cranked out)",
      "name": "en-verb"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "verb",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "English entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "English phrasal verbs with particle (out)",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        }
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "The teenager spent hours cranking out volumes of bad poetry.",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To produce in large volumes mechanically or as if by machine."
      ],
      "id": "en-crank_out-en-verb-fjz8IMDc",
      "links": [
        [
          "produce",
          "produce"
        ],
        [
          "volume",
          "volume"
        ],
        [
          "mechanical",
          "mechanical"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(idiomatic) To produce in large volumes mechanically or as if by machine."
      ],
      "related": [
        {
          "word": "crank one out"
        },
        {
          "word": "turn out"
        }
      ],
      "tags": [
        "idiomatic"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "audio": "en-au-crank out.ogg",
      "mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/5/50/En-au-crank_out.ogg/En-au-crank_out.ogg.mp3",
      "ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/5/50/En-au-crank_out.ogg",
      "tags": [
        "Australia"
      ],
      "text": "Audio (AU)"
    }
  ],
  "word": "crank out"
}

{
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "cranks out",
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "cranking out",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "cranked out",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "cranked out",
      "tags": [
        "past"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "*"
      },
      "expansion": "crank out (third-person singular simple present cranks out, present participle cranking out, simple past and past participle cranked out)",
      "name": "en-verb"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "verb",
  "related": [
    {
      "word": "crank one out"
    },
    {
      "word": "turn out"
    }
  ],
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "English entries with incorrect language header",
        "English idioms",
        "English lemmas",
        "English multiword terms",
        "English phrasal verbs",
        "English phrasal verbs with particle (out)",
        "English terms with audio links",
        "English terms with usage examples",
        "English verbs"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "The teenager spent hours cranking out volumes of bad poetry.",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To produce in large volumes mechanically or as if by machine."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "produce",
          "produce"
        ],
        [
          "volume",
          "volume"
        ],
        [
          "mechanical",
          "mechanical"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(idiomatic) To produce in large volumes mechanically or as if by machine."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "idiomatic"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "audio": "en-au-crank out.ogg",
      "mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/5/50/En-au-crank_out.ogg/En-au-crank_out.ogg.mp3",
      "ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/5/50/En-au-crank_out.ogg",
      "tags": [
        "Australia"
      ],
      "text": "Audio (AU)"
    }
  ],
  "word": "crank out"
}