yank

Meaning of yank

verb
  1. pull with a jerk.
    her hair was yanked, and she screamed
    he yanked her to her feet
    Liz yanked at her arm
noun
  1. a sudden hard pull.
    one of the other girls gave her ponytail a yank

late 18th century (as a Scots word in the sense ‘sudden sharp blow’): of unknown origin.

noun
  1. an American.
  2. another term for Yankee (sense 2).

Information about yank

  • The plural form of yank is: yanks.
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Hyphenation of yank

yank

  • It consists of 1 syllables and 4 chars.
  • yank is a word monosyllabic because it has one syllable

yank synonyms

Meaning Yankee:

Yankee, Yank, Northerner

Meaning jerk:

jerk

Meaning exert force on (someone or something) so as to cause movement towards oneself:

pull

Meaning pull (something) hard or suddenly:

tug

Meaning pull or twist suddenly and violently:

wrench

Meaning lift or haul (something heavy) with great effort:

heave

Meaning (of a person) pull or drag with effort or force:

haul

Meaning pull (someone or something) along forcefully, roughly, or with difficulty:

drag

Meaning twist or pull (something) sharply:

tweak

Meaning cause to move in a specified direction by giving a sharp pull:

twitch

Meaning catch hold of and pull quickly:

pluck

Meaning quickly seize (something) in a rude or eager way:

snatch

Meaning take hold of suddenly and forcibly:

seize

Meaning tear or pull (something) quickly or forcibly away from something or someone:

rip

Meaning remove by pulling forcefully:

tear

Meaning take or move (someone or something) somewhere suddenly and quickly:

whisk

Meaning push or shake (someone or something) abruptly and roughly:

jolt

Meaning make a way through or into by physical strength; break open by force:

force

Meaning take out or move (something) fast or suddenly:

whip

Anagrams of yank

kyan

Words that rhyme with yank

Yank

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