yank

Definition of yank in English English dictionary: A Yankee, a Northerner: someone from the Northern United States
Corporal Bob explained, “The Yanks has tha best weapons. But us Rebs know how to shoot tha damn things. ”.; A Yankee, an American: someone from the United States
This time,” he General Alphonse-Pierre Juin] told the Yanks, “you have not crossed to win new victories but to preserve peace. ”.; to remove from circulation
They yanked the product as soon as they learned it was unsafe.; To pull something with a quick, strong action; A sudden, vigorous pull (sometimes defined as mass times jerk, or rate of change of force); elsewhere, anyone from the USA; Someone from the USA with bad manners while visiting another country; Some people refer to people from the United States of America as Yanks. This use could cause offence. If you yank someone or something somewhere, you pull them there suddenly and with a lot of force. She yanked open the drawer A quick-thinking ticket inspector yanked an emergency cord. Yank is also a noun. Grabbing his ponytail, Shirley gave it a yank. A Yankee. an American - often used to show disapproval (Yankee). to suddenly pull something quickly and with force yank sth out/back/open etc; a resident or transient living, or who was born, above the Mason-Dixon line; {i} American; native of a northern state of the U.S.A.; Federal soldier in the American Civil War; A sudden, vigorous pull; an American; A putt that is pulled to the left; The act of pasting previously killed or copied text into a buffer See also Copy and Kill; Yanking is a means of taking a case that does not belong to you and assigning it to yourself; {f} pull with a sudden jerking motion; wrench; pull out; uproot; An American with bad manners while visiting another country; (also "pull, jerk") a shot that goes severely to the left of the target line (for a right-handed player) Example: She yanked/pulled/jerked her tee shot into the trees; an American who lives in New England; A jerk or twitch; An abbreviation of Yankee; (aka: "pull", "jerk") a shot that goes severely to the left of the target line (for a right-handed player) Example: "Diego yanked his tee shot into the trees "; American; To twitch; to jerk; an American who lives in the North (especially during the American Civil War); pull, or move with a sudden movement; "He turned the handle and jerked the door open"; {i} strong tug, drawing towards; pull, or move with a sudden movement; "He turned the handle and jerked the door open
Yank tank: A large American car
yank off: To remove something, like a piece of cloth or bread, by tearing it with one quick strong pull
yank off: to masturbate
yank out: To remove something like a nail, or a tooth with one quick strong pull
woolloomooloo yank: Woolloomooloo yank is Australian slang for an Australian who imitates American manners or speech
Billy Yank: A Union soldier during the American Civil War
yanked: past of yank
yanking: Yanking means reinserting messages or text previously killed It can be used to undo a mistaken kill, or for copying or moving messages Some other systems call this "pasting" See section 14 2 Yanking Messages
yanking: present participle of yank
yanking: Yanking means reinserting text previously killed It can be used to undo a mistaken kill, or for copying or moving text Some other systems call this "pasting" See section Yanking
yanks: plural of yank
yanks: third-person singular of yank