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1. (v.i.) yank
to pull or tug sharply:
Yank on the bell rope.
2. (v.t.) yank
to pull abruptly.
3. yank
to remove abruptly and unceremoniously:
He was yanked out of school.
4. (n.) yank
an abrupt, vigorous pull; jerk.
5. (Informal.) Yank
Yankee.
Etymology: (1770–80, Amer.)
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Princeton's WordNet |
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1. (noun) Yankee, Yank, Northerner
an American who lives in the North (especially during the American Civil War)
2. (verb) Yankee, Yank, Yankee-Doodle
an American (especially to non-Americans)
3. (verb) yank, jerk
pull, or move with a sudden movement
"He turned the handle and jerked the door open"
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1. (verb) yank
to pull very hard
He yanked on the rope.
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Webster Dictionary |
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1. (noun) yank
a jerk or twitch
2. (noun) yank
an abbreviation of Yankee
3. (verb) yank
to twitch; to jerk
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Sense: a sudden sharp pull; a jerk
She gave the rope a yank.
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 Afrikaans: ruk |
 Arabic: شَدَّةٌ فُجائِيَّه بِعُنْ |
 Bulgarian: дръпване |
 Brazilian: puxão |
 Czech: trhnutí |
 German: der Ruck |
 Danish: ryk |
 Greek: απότομο τράβηγμα |
 Spanish: tirón |
 Estonian: tõmme |
 Farsi: تکان ناگهان؛ کشیدن ناگهان |
 Finnish: kiskaisu |
 French: secousse |
 Hebrew: מְשִיכָה חֲזָקָה |
 Hindi: झटका |
 Croatian: snažan trzaj |
 Hungarian: rántás |
 Indonesian: tarikan |
 Icelandic: rykkur, kippur |
 Italian: strattone |
 Japanese: ぐいと引くこと |
 Korean: 갑자기 홱 잡아당기기 |
 Lithuanian: truktelėjimas |
 Latvian: rāviens |
 Malay: rentapan |
 Dutch: ruk |
 Norwegian: rykk |
 Polish: szarpnięcie |
 Persian: تکان ناگهان؛ کشیدن ناگهان |
 Pashto: جټكه، ټكان، راكشونه |
 Portuguese: puxão |
 Romanian: zdruncinătură |
 Russian: дёрганье |
 Slovak: trhnutie |
 Slovenian: hiter poteg |
 Serbian: trzaj |
 Swedish: ryck, knyck |
 Thai: การกระชาก |
 Turkish: birdençekme |
 Taiwanese: 猛拉 |
 Ukrainian: ривок; сіпання |
 Urdu: تیز جھٹکا |
 Vietnamese: cú giật mạnh |
 Chinese: 猛拉 |
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