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yank

 
Noun yank has 3 senses
  1. Yankee, Yank, Northerner - an American who lives in the North (especially during the American Civil War)
    --1 is a kind of American
    --1 is a member of North
    --1 has particulars: Federal, Federal soldier, Union soldier
  2. New Englander, Yankee, Yank - an American who lives in New England
    --2 is a kind of American
    --2 is a member of New England
  3. Yankee, Yank, Yankee-Doodle - an American
    --3 is a kind of American
Verb yank has 1 sense
  1. yank, jerk - pull, or move with a sudden movement; "He turned the handle and jerked the door open"
    --1 is one way to pull, draw, force
    Derived form: noun yanker1
    Sample sentences:
    Somebody ----s something
    Somebody ----s something PP
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