yank
verb
[ jaŋk ]
• pull with a jerk.
• "her hair was yanked, and she screamed"
Similar:
jerk,
pull,
tug,
wrench,
heave,
haul,
drag,
tweak,
twitch,
pluck,
snatch,
seize,
rip,
tear,
whisk,
jolt,
force,
whip,
yank
noun
• a sudden hard pull.
• "one of the other girls gave her ponytail a yank"
Origin:
late 18th century (as a Scots word in the sense ‘sudden sharp blow’): of unknown origin.
Yank
noun
• an American.
• another term for Yankee (sense 2).
