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yank::noun | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Synonyms | northerner, yankee |
| Type of | american |
| Has types | union soldier, federal, federal soldier |
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Synonyms | yankee, yankee-doodle |
| Type of | american |
Examples of yank
yank
He likes to kind of occasionally yank my chain about being a nerd, which I love.
From the newsweek.com
I wish he would yank Jameer Nelson out of the game everytime he makes a mistake.
From the orlandosentinel.com
Two years ago, Duke brought in a sales-minded Texan to yank it into the new era.
From the time.com
Members yank out marker poles and roll up fencing to clear the way for groomers.
From the sacbee.com
Disney won't yank the license and start making Dream Candles itself, Smith said.
From the ocregister.com
At least he had the good sense to yank Moore when he was obviously floundering.
From the charlotteobserver.com
The boozed-up star tried to yank the wheel of his wife Sandra's car as she drove.
From the mirror.co.uk
That order overturned a mid-September 6th District Court decision to yank it off.
From the sltrib.com
It's either that or lose their minds to the latest 50-degree yank in temperature.
From the kansas.com
- Yankee: an American who lives in the North (especially during the American Civil War)
- Pull, or move with a sudden movement; "He turned the handle and jerked the door open"
- 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. ...
- The Yank was a vehicle made by Custom Auto Works, a company based in San Diego, California, in 1950. Being what could be described as a poor man's sports car, it was an inexpensive, though rather attractive, aluminum-bodied car. It was powered by a , 134. ...
- Yank, the Army Weekly was a weekly magazine published by the United States military during World War II. The idea for the magazine came from Egbert White, who had worked on Stars and Stripes during World War I. ...
- In physics, yank is the derivative of force with respect to time, or mass multiplied by jerk . In relativistic physics, it is expressed as the second derivative of momentum with respect to time, because the mass is velocity dependent. ...
- Green Street Hooligans is a 2004 British independent drama film about football hooliganism in England. It was directed by Lexi Alexander and stars Elijah Wood and Charlie Hunnam. ...
- A Yankee, a Northerner: someone from the Northern United States; A Yankee, an American: someone from the United States
- A sudden, vigorous pull (sometimes defined as mass times jerk, or rate of change of force); To pull something with a quick, strong action; to remove from circulation
