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yank

  [yangk] ,
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–verb (used with object), verb (used without object)
1. to pull or remove abruptly and vigorously: Yank down on the bell rope. He was yanked out of school.
–noun
2. an abrupt, vigorous pull; jerk.
Origin:
1810–20; orig. uncert.

Synonyms:
1. pluck, tug, tear.

Yank

  [yangk] ,
–noun, adjective Informal.
Yankee.
Origin:
1770–80, Americanism; shortened form
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yank   (yāngk)   
v.   yanked, yank·ing, yanks

v.   tr.
  1. To pull with a quick, strong movement; jerk: yanked the emergency cord.
  2. Slang To extract or remove abruptly: yanked the starting pitcher early in the game.
v.   intr.
To pull on something suddenly. See Synonyms at jerk1.
n.  A sudden vigorous pull; a jerk.

[Origin unknown.]
Yank   (yāngk)   
n.   Informal
A Yankee.
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Yank

Yank\, n. [Cf. Scot. yank a sudden and severe blow.] A jerk or twitch. [Colloq. U. S.]

Yank

Yank\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Yanked; p. pr. & vb. n. Yanking.] To twitch; to jerk. [Colloq. U. S.]

Yank

Yank\, n. An abbreviation of Yankee. [Slang]
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Language Translation for : Yank
Spanish: tirón,
German: der Ruck,
Japanese: ぐいと引くこと
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yank  (v.)
1822, Scottish, of unknown origin; the noun is 1818 in sense of "sudden blow, cuff."
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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yank jargon
(From the colloquial meaning "to pull suddenly") To insert a copy of some saved text at the current position in a document being edited.
The term is used in the Unix text editors GNU Emacs and vi but "paste" is more common elsewhere.
[Used elsewhere?]
(1998-07-01)

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