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American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition

  1. v. To pull with a quick, strong movement; jerk: yanked the emergency cord.
  2. v. Slang To extract or remove abruptly: yanked the starting pitcher early in the game.
  3. v. To pull on something suddenly. See Synonyms at jerk1.
  4. n. A sudden vigorous pull; a jerk.

Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia

  1. To be in active motion; move or work quickly; bustle.
  2. To talk fast or constantly; scold; nag.
  3. 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.
  4. n. A quick, sharp stroke; a buffet.
  5. n. A jerk or twitch.
  6. n. plural Leggings or long gaiters worn in England by agricultural laborers.
  7. n. A Yankee.
  8. 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.]

Wiktionary

  1. n. A sudden, vigorous pull (sometimes defined as mass times jerk, or rate of change of force).
  2. v. transitive To pull something with a quick, strong action.
  3. v. transitive to remove from circulation

GNU Webster's 1913

  1. n. Colloq. U. S. A jerk or twitch.
  2. v. Colloq. U. S. To twitch; to jerk.
  3. n. Slang An abbreviation of Yankee.

WordNet 3.0

  1. v. pull, or move with a sudden movement
  2. n. an American who lives in the North (especially during the American Civil War)
  3. n. an American (especially to non-Americans)

Etymologies

  1. Attested since 1822 CE; from Scots. Unknown origin. (Wiktionary)
  2. Origin unknown. (American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition)

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synonyms (5)

Words with the same meaning

  1. twitch
  1. jerk
  1. tug
  1. recall
  1. pull

hypernyms (4)

Words that are more generic or abstract

  1. draw
  1. pull
  1. force
  1. American

same context (12)

Words that are found in similar contexts

  1. swipe
  2. shove
  1. tug
  2. jab
  1. whack
  2. twitch
  1. jerk
  2. heave
  1. jolt
  2. lurch
  1. tighten
  2. slash

rhymes (39)

Words with the same terminal sound

  1. Blanc
  2. Franck
  3. Frank
  4. Hank
  5. Montblanc
  6. Planck
  7. Ranke
  1. antitank
  2. banc
  3. bank
  4. banke
  5. blanck
  6. blank
  7. brank
  1. clank
  2. crank
  3. dank
  4. drank
  5. flank
  6. franc
  7. frank
  1. hank
  2. interbank
  3. jank
  4. lank
  5. mank
  6. nonbank
  7. plank
  1. prank
  2. ranck
  3. rank
  4. sank
  5. shank
  6. shrank
  7. spank
  1. stank
  2. swank
  3. tank
  4. thank

reverse dictionary (4)

Words that contain this word in their definition

  1. yank
  1. Yankee
  1. jerk
  1. wrench

tags (3)

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  1. American
  1. slang
  1. pulling

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