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Meanings of yank in English

Portuguese
gringa
Catalan
ianqui
Spanish
soldado del norte

An American (especially to non-Americans)

gringa
Spanish
sacudir

Pull, or move with a sudden movement.

sacudir
Usage of yank in English
1
Then the State can come in and yank your tax exempt status.
The new yorker
2
I give the handle a good yank, lifting the metal skin clear.
Back on murder
3
Hyar, you, Abe; mosey out thar and yank that pack in hyar.
Jim Cummings; Or, The Great Adams Express Robbery
4
The Five Star Movement wants to yank Italy out of the euro.
Reuters
5
You don't need to drag that all the way in one yank.
Gladiator
6
The issue we'd have with 'rank and yank' is appropriateness and fairness.
The Guardian
7
And we deserve the right to yank any submission, for any reason.
Wired
8
Sayyed gave it one good yank and ripped the entire nail off.
American assassin
9
Nervously, she gave the rope a good yank, and it stayed put.
The Bad Beginning
10
Get it over his feet, Seth; then we can yank him up.
Boy Scouts on a Long Hike; Or, To the Rescue in the Black Water ...
11
It'll yank him right off his feet if he's not expecting it.
The Complete Alien Omnibus
12
Liz wanted to reach out and yank Max back to her side.
The Stowaway
13
He gave a yank and held it up for all to see.
A Game of Thrones
14
I push Paige behind me and yank the bear from my sword.
World After
15
Collette looked like she might yank it right out of his hands.
Shadowed summer
16
That didn't make any sense, so I gave it a hard yank.
The mammoth book of the best of best new sf
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Translations for yank
Catalan
ianqui
Yank through the time
Yank across language varieties
United States of America
Common
United Kingdom
Less common