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to yank
01
to pull something with a sudden and powerful motion
Transitive: to yank sth
Grammatical Information
Composition
Simple
Movement verb
Regular
Present tense
yank
3rd person singular
yanks
Present participle
yanking
Past simple
yanked
Past participle
yanked
Examples
He yanked the stubborn weed from the soil, determined to clear the garden.
Yank
01
an American who lives in the North (especially during the American Civil War)
Grammatical Information
Animacy status
Human
Composition
Simple
Countable
Plural form
yanks
02
an American (especially to non-Americans)
Lexical Tree
yanker
yank
