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v. To pull with a quick, strong movement; jerk: yanked the emergency cord.

v. Slang To extract or remove abruptly: yanked the starting pitcher early in the game.

verb-intransitive. To pull on something suddenly. See Synonyms at jerk1.

n. A sudden vigorous pull; a jerk.

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

v. To pull something with a quick, strong action.

v. to remove from circulation

n. A jerk or twitch.

v. To twitch; to jerk.

n. An abbreviation of Yankee.

To be in active motion; move or work quickly; bustle.

To talk fast or constantly; scold; nag.

To move, carry, bring, take, etc., with a sudden jerk or jerking motion: usually with along, over, or out: as, to yank a fish out of the water.

n. A quick, sharp stroke; a buffet.

n. A jerk or twitch.

n. plural Leggings or long gaiters worn in England by agricultural laborers.

n. A Yankee.

n. [The word acquired during the war of the rebellion wide currency as a nickname or contemptuous epithet among the Confederates for a Union soldier, the Confederates themselves being in like spirit dubbed Johnnies or Rebs by the Union soldiers.]

v. pull, or move with a sudden movement

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

n. an American (especially to non-Americans)

"It was one of the harder commands for me to learn because the word yank didn't say anything to me."

yanked    yanking    yanks   

draw    pull    force    American   

Yankee   

yanked    yanking   

twitch    jerk    tug    recall    pull   

Blanc    Franck    Frank    Hank    Montblanc    Planck    Ranke    antitank    banc    bank   

swipe    shove    tug    jab    whack    twitch    jerk    heave    jolt    lurch