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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
              Synonyms
              Examples for "jerk"
              Examples for "jerk"
              1
              I believe he was bruised with the fall; the jerk was violent.
              The World's Greatest Books — Volume 07 — Fiction
              2
              Said one, indicating the laughing general with a jerk of the head:
              The Point Of Honor: A Military Tale
              3
              The only answer was the jerk and dip of the retreating oars.
              For the Term of His Natural Life
              4
              There was immediately a jerk in the hat, and then it disappeared.
              The Last Chronicle of Barset
              5
              It's been criticised as a knee-jerk reaction to recently publicised racism incidents.
              The South African
              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