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yank

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Noun, Verb (usu participle)

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WORDNET DICTIONARY

Noun yank has 2 senses

yank(n = noun.person) northerner, yankee - an American who lives in the North (especially during the American Civil War); Array

is a member of north

is a kind of american

has particulars: federal, federal soldier, union soldier

yank(n = noun.person) yankee, yankee-doodle - an American (especially to non-Americans); Array

is a kind of american

Verb yank has 1 sense

yank(v = verb.contact) jerk - pull, or move with a sudden movement; "He turned the handle and jerked the door open"

is one way to draw, force, pull

Derived form noun yanker₁

Sample sentences:
Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s something PP

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CIDE DICTIONARY

yank, n. [Cf. Scot. yank a sudden and severe blow.].

A jerk or twitch. [1913 Webster]

yank, v. t.

To twitch; to jerk. [1913 Webster]

yank, n.

An abbreviation of Yankee. [1913 Webster]

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OXFORD DICTIONARY

yank, n. colloq. often derog. an inhabitant of the US; an American.

Etymology

abbr.

yank, v. & n. colloq.
--v.tr. pull with a jerk.
--n. a sudden hard pull.

Etymology

19th c.: orig. unkn.

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THESAURUS

yank

bob, clutch, evulse, flick, flip, flirt, flounce, grab, hitch, jerk, jig, jigger, jigget, jiggle, jog, joggle, jolt, lug, lurch, pluck, pull, snake, snap, snatch, start, sudden pull, tear, tug, tweak, twitch, vellicate, wrench, yerk

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yank

Traction

VB draw, pull, haul, lug, rake, drag, tug, tow, trail, train, take in tow, wrench, jerk, twitch, touse, yank.