Princeton's WordNet

1. Yankee, Yank, Northerner(noun)

   an American who lives in the North (especially during the American Civil War)

2. Yankee, Yank, Yankee-Doodle(verb)

   an American (especially to non-Americans)

3. yank, jerk(verb)

   pull, or move with a sudden movement

   "He turned the handle and jerked the door open"

Kernerman English Learner's Dictionary

1. yank(verb)ˈæŋk

   to pull very hard

   He yanked on the rope.

Wiktionary

1. yank(Noun)

   A sudden, vigorous pull (sometimes defined as mass times jerk, or rate of change of force).

2. yank(Verb)

   To pull something with a quick, strong action.

3. yank(Verb)

   to remove from circulation

   They yanked the product as soon as they learned it was unsafe.

4. Yank(Noun)

   A Yankee, a Northerner: someone from the Northern United States.

5. Yank(Noun)

   A Yankee, an American: someone from the United States.

Origin: From Yankee.

Webster Dictionary

1. Yank(noun)

   a jerk or twitch

2. Yank(verb)

   to twitch; to jerk

3. Yank(noun)

   an abbreviation of Yankee

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