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Synonyms for yank
yæŋkyank
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Princeton's WordNet
Yankee, Yank, Northernernoun
an American who lives in the North (especially during the American Civil War)
Yankee, Yank, Yankee-Doodleverb
an American (especially to non-Americans)
yank, jerkverb
pull, or move with a sudden movement
"He turned the handle and jerked the door open"
Editors Contribution
tug
as to quickly tug, jerk or pull at something attached by a rope or other line held in hand.
they all grabbed the rope in unison and yanked it quickly & even harder, so as to dislodge it from it's place of mooring.
Submitted by acronimous on December 8, 2019
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Words popularity by usage frequency
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#303 | american | |
#3810 | pull | |
#5370 | recall | |
#8285 | buck | |
#10761 | yankee | |
#14556 | jerk | |
#14594 | hitch | |
#16465 | flick | |
#20230 | tug | |
#33970 | yank | |
#35877 | twitch |
How to use yank in a sentence?
There are all kinds of issues ... one of those is whether we need to yank out the fiscal terms and develop them into a different law relying on existing fiscal laws and amend those.
All the ladies were hitting him, i got the aluminum foil. The robber, a tall and robust man, was trying to yank the drawer free from the four petite women who held on with everything they had.
To yank the bill out of committee and rush it to the floor unilaterally with no input from the Democrats who have worked very hard on this issue makes it clear that Republicans are looking to score cheap political points instead of producing the bipartisan outcome that is Israel's best interest, that action, in the blink of an eye, undermines a tremendous amount of bipartisan effort to move the process forward in a way that kept Democrats and Republicans together.
There is a need to look at the PIB as it was submitted to the sixth assembly and try and tinker with that a bit, there are all kinds of issues ... one of those is whether we need to yank out the fiscal terms and develop them into a different law relying on existing fiscal laws and amend those.
Life is like a blanket too short. You pull it up and your toes rebel, you yank it down and shivers meander about your shoulder; but cheerful folks manage to draw their knees up and pass a very comfortable night.
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- نثرArabic
- škubnutíCzech
- rykDanish
- aus dem Verkehr ziehen, RuckGerman
- τινάσσομαιGreek
- dar un tirón, tirón, tironear, tirarSpanish
- کشش ناگهانی, یانکPersian
- vetäisy, jenkki, riuhtaista, riuhtaisu, kiskaista, [[vetää]] [[pois]] [[markkinat, riuhtoa, vetäistä, kiskaisuFinnish
- coup sec, tirer d'un coup secFrench
- slaod, tarraingScottish Gaelic
- झटकाHindi
- rántHungarian
- merenggutIndonesian
- strappar via, strattoneItalian
- לִמְשׁוֹךHebrew
- 引っ張る, ヤンクJapanese
- 양키Korean
- yankLatin
- rukkenDutch
- yankNorwegian
- szarpaćPolish
- puxãoPortuguese
- smulgeRomanian
- дёргать, вырывать, рывок, дёрганьеRussian
- ryckSwedish
- வேகமாக இழுTamil
- ఉదుటుTelugu
- งัดThai
- birden çekmeTurkish
- ЯнкUkrainian
- یانکUrdu
- yankVietnamese
- yankYiddish
- 猛拉Chinese
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