yank

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yank / yangk/ inf. • v. pull with a jerk: [tr.] he yanked her to her feet | [intr.] Liz yanked at her arm. • n. [in sing.] a sudden hard pull: he gave her ponytail a yank.

Yank

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Yank / yangk/ • n. another term for Yankee (senses 1 and 2).

Yank

views updated May 23 2018

Yank short for YANKEE. XVIII.

yank

views updated May 18 2018

yank (colloq.) pull suddenly and vigorously; also sb. XIX. of unkn. orig.