yank
yank
Definition
yank (yaŋk)
noun
☆ Informal a sudden, strong pull; jerk
Etymology: < ?
transitive verb, intransitive verb
Informal to jerk
Yank
Definition
☆ Yank (yaŋk)
noun
Slang a Yankee; esp., a U.S. soldier in World Wars I and II
yank
Synonyms
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n.
yank
Synonyms
yank
Usage Examples
Object
- post: Maria yank 155 posts Posted: Mar 31 2006 05:10 PM Report Quote Quote: Hi Alex, You Rock!
- text: Here is how to yank the text back into the line.
- line: The first thing to do is not to start yanking the line with your rod as hard as you can.
- message: This disallows several af features, notably killing and yanking messages in the buffer.
- door: I yanked the door and let go with 2 gallons of vegetable soup.
- top: M-y Rotate the kill-ring, and yank the new top.
Preposition: at
- door: The Doctor ran to the machine, yanking at the doors.
Modifying Another Word
- then: His free hand went to Ternis's leg and twisted hard, then yanked.
- back: Meanwhile I was being yanked back for various jobs.
- just: Just yank on the cable somehow to get the mech close enough to some teeth to see how it goes.
- last: Each time you kill, the " last yank " pointer moves to the newly made entry at the front of the ring.
- away: She plays the ditzy blond daughter of a rockstar who gets her trust fund yanked away from her.
- hard: But in a crash, they do stop you because [ Alan yanks hard on the seatbelt ] Impact!
Followed by an intransitive particle
- off: Some have huge bald patches where mats have just been yanked off by the owner, and the skin is red and sore.
- up: But if the bbc needs to yank up its socks with both hands, then the government's pair need a thorough soapy bleaching.
Followed by a transitive particle
- up: Everyone wants to fight us. ' Their group began laughing, yanking up hooded tops as they adopted the posture of a streetwise gang.
Present participle complement
- behave: That's my question to Bush yanks behaving badly How long does it take to search an entire country for weapons of mass destruction?
Preposition: in
- direction: These two parts of your body are yanked in opposite directions.
Browse dictionary entries near yank
- Yankee
- Yankee Bank
- Yankee Bond
- Yankee CD
- Yankee Doodle
- Yankeedom
- Yankeeism
- Yanks
- Yanqui
- Yaoundé
