Yank

Definitions

1. A sudden, vigorous pull (sometimes defined as mass times jerk, or rate of change of force).
2. A Yankee, a Northerner: someone from the Northern United States, especially from New England.
   US
3. Alternative letter-case form of Yank (“Yankee”).
   alt-of, derogatory, often
4. A masturbation session.
   slang
5. An American: someone from the United States.
   Australia, Canada, Ireland, New-Zealand, UK, broadly, derogatory, ethnic, slang, slur
6. Short for Yankee, meaning, in the American Civil War, someone on the Union side.
   abbreviation, alt-of

Equivalents

17 more languages

العربيةالأمريكيّ

Azərbaycan dilidartmaq

Catalàestrebada

Suomikiskaistakiskaisuriuhtaistariuhtaisuriuhtoatempaisutempausvetäistävetäisy+ 6 more

Gàidhligslaodtarraing

Magyarbevonmegszüntetránttórólvisszavon+ 2 more

Italianostrappar via

日本語引っ張る

ქართულინახტომი

Kurdîamîrant

Nederlandseen ruk gevenrukkensjorren

Portuguêspuxão

Românăînșfăca

Русскийвырыватьдёрганьедёргатьры́во́к+ 1 more

Svenskaryck

தமிழ்பிடுங்கு

Українськасмикати

Examples

“He unjammed the rope with a short yank.”

“He rested his hand on his bare chest, an innocent enough spot, but soon it drifted of its own⟳ accord down his stomach to slide⟳ beneath the waistband of his briefs. Fine. A quick yank would relieve the sexual tension that simmered in him.”

“Tell⟳ my young bad, she can vouch for me I was only thirteen with a yank on me”

“Halt! come⟳ down there, you Yanks, come⟳ down!”

““I do wish⟳ I might of found you in my sights when you was with them damn Yanks,” Abner added.”

“Corporal Bob explained, “The Yanks has tha best weapons. But us Rebs know⟳ how to shoot⟳ tha damn things. […]””

““This time,” he General Alphonse-Pierre Juin] told the Yanks, “you have⟳ not crossed to win⟳ new victories but to preserve⟳ peace. […]””

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