yank

1. 1.

   pull, or move with a sudden movement

   “He turned the handle and jerked the door open”

   Synonymsjerk

   Broaderpull

Other forms of yank

plural

yanks·

past tense

yanked·

present participle

yanking·

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about yank

What does yank mean?

yank means "an American who lives in the North (especially during the American Civil War)". That is the primary sense; the word has 3 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in yank?

yank has 1 syllable: yank. In IPA it is /ˈjæŋk/.

What is another word for yank?

Close synonyms include Yankee, Northerner, Yankee, Yankee-Doodle, jerk. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is yank a common word?

yank is banded "Familiar" — widely understood, used when the subject calls for it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.