pull with a sudden jerking motion; wrench; pull out; uproot
strong tug, drawing towards
American; native of a northern state of the U.S.A.; Federal soldier in the American Civil War
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Yank Definition from Language, Idioms & Slang Dictionaries & Glossaries
(v. t.)
To twitch; to jerk.
To twitch; to jerk.
(n.)
An abbreviation of Yankee.
An abbreviation of Yankee.
(n.)
A jerk or twitch.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), edited by Noah Porter. AboutA jerk or twitch.
yank
\yank\ (?), n. [cf. scot. yank a sudden and severe blow.] a jerk or twitch. [colloq. u. s.]
yank
\yank\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. yanked (?); p. pr. & vb. n. yanking.] to twitch; to jerk. [colloq. u. s.]
yank
\yank\, n. an abbreviation of yankee. [slang]
yank
n
1. an american who lives in the north (especially during the american civil war) [syn: yankee, yank, northerner]
2. an american who lives in new england [syn: new englander, yankee, yank]
3. an american [syn: yankee, yank, yankee-doodle]
v : pull, or move with a sudden movement; "he turned the handle and jerked the door open.." [syn: jerk]
American
to tell a lie
large car of American manufacture
social outing where each person pays their own way; Dutch treat
Noun
1. an American who lives in the North (especially during the American Civil War)
(synonym) Yankee, Northerner
(hypernym) American
(hyponym) Federal, Federal soldier, Union soldier
(member-holonym) North
(classification) United States, United States of America, America, US, U.S., USA, U.S.A.
2. an American who lives in New England
(synonym) New Englander, Yankee
(hypernym) American
(member-holonym) New England
3. an American
(synonym) Yankee, Yankee-Doodle
(hypernym) American
Verb
1. pull, or move with a sudden movement; "He turned the handle and jerked the door open"
(synonym) jerk
(hypernym) pull, draw, force
(derivation) yanker, jerker
Yank Definition from Encyclopedia Dictionaries & Glossaries
Yank may refer to:
- Yank, the Army Weekly, a newspaper for American soldiers during World War II
- Yank (physics), the rate of change in force
- Yanks, a 1979 film
- A shortened form of Yankee, a slang term (sometimes pejorative) for someone of American origin or heritage
- A member of the United States soccer team
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Yank! A WWII Love Story is a 2005 musical with book and lyrics by David Zellnik and music by his brother Joseph. Yank! "tells the story of Stu, a scared Midwestern kid who gets drafted for World War II in 1943, and becomes a photographer for Yank Magazine, the journal 'for and by the servicemen.' Yank! has a score that pays homage to the 1940s and explores what it means to be a man, and what it is to fall in love and struggle." Yank! takes its title from the World War II publication Yank, the Army Weekly.
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Yank Definition from Entertainment & Music Dictionaries & Glossaries
