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WORDNET DICTIONARY
CIDE DICTIONARY
OXFORD DICTIONARY
THESAURUS
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yank

 : 
Noun, Verb (usu participle)

WORDNET DICTIONARY

Noun yank has 2 senses

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

CIDE DICTIONARY

yankn. [Cf. Scot. yank a sudden and severe blow.].
     A jerk or twitch.  [1913 Webster]
yankv. t. 
     To twitch; to jerk.  [1913 Webster]
yankn. 
     An abbreviation of Yankee.  [1913 Webster]

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.

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.

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