yanked; yanking; yanks
: to pull on something with a quick vigorous movement
1
: to pull or extract with a quick vigorous movement
2
: to remove in or as if in an abrupt manner
yanked the story from the evening edition
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Examples of yank in a Sentence
Verb
He yanked the door shut.
She yanked on the dog's leash.
Noun (1)
had to give the shoe a good yank to get it off
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Sarah Lapidus, The Arizona Republic, 8 Dec. 2024
When they get caught almost kissing at a pool party, the girl’s boyfriend yanks her away by the hair and screams at the both of them, only for the first girl to start beating him up.
—James Factora, Them, 4 Dec. 2024
Sean Evans, Robb Report, 30 Oct. 2024
With tugs and yanks and positive feedback, a planetary makeover began that is rampant today.
—Stephen Pyne, Scientific American, 16 Apr. 2024
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Verb
In another instance, footage shows the child was yanked to the ground so hard that her foot came up over her head.
—Sarah Lapidus, The Arizona Republic, 8 Dec. 2024
When they get caught almost kissing at a pool party, the girl’s boyfriend yanks her away by the hair and screams at the both of them, only for the first girl to start beating him up.
—James Factora, Them, 4 Dec. 2024
Noun
The resulting specs: 434 ponies and 525 lb-ft of yank.
—Sean Evans, Robb Report, 30 Oct. 2024
With tugs and yanks and positive feedback, a planetary makeover began that is rampant today.
—Stephen Pyne, Scientific American, 16 Apr. 2024
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“Yank.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/yank. Accessed 25 Dec. 2024.
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