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Verb: yank  yangk
Usage: informal
  1. Pull, or move with a sudden movement
    "He turned the handle and yanked the door open";
    - jerk, hoick [informal]
Noun: Yank  yangk
Usage: informal
  1. An American who lives in the North (especially during the American Civil War)
    - Yankee [informal], Northerner
     
  2. An American (especially to non-Americans)
    "The British pub was full of Yanks on holiday";
    - Yankee [informal], Yankee-Doodle [informal], seppo [Austral, NZ, informal]

Derived forms: yanked, Yanks, yanks, yanking

Type of: American, draw, pull

Part of: North, Northern United States

Encyclopedia: Yank, The Army Weekly