yank

noun

Pronunciation: /jæŋk/ / /jeɪ̯ŋk/ / /jɛ̃ŋk/ / /ˈjæŋk/ / [ˈjæŋk] / /ˈjeɪ̯ŋk/

Etymology: Clipping of Yankee.

A native or inhabitant of some part of the United States.
“Halt! come down there, you Yanks, come down!”
““I do wish I might of found you in my sights when you was with them damn Yanks,” Abner added.”
A native or inhabitant of some part of the United States.
A native or inhabitant of some part of the United States.
A native or inhabitant of some part of the United States.
“The smart and inventive turn of the modern Yank has made him a specialist in ingenious devices, straight or crooked. Unpickable locks and invincible lock-pickers, burglar-proof safes and safe-specializing burglars, come equally from the States.”
““This time,” he General Alphonse-Pierre Juin] told the Yanks, “you have not crossed to win new victories but to preserve peace. […]””

Etymology: Attested since 1822; from Scots yank. Unknown origin.

To pull (something) with a quick, strong action.
“Now a white-backed rams its head down the wildebeest’s throat and yanks out an eight-inch length of trachea, ribbed like a vacuum hose.”
“[Regarding risks of AI] And you just have to have somebody close to the power cord. [Laughs.]^([sic]) Right when you see it about to happen, you gotta yank that electricity out of the wall, man.”
To remove; to recall or revoke.
“They yanked the product as soon as they learned it was unsafe.”
“The cops yanked my driver's license.”
To masturbate.
“In the dark protection of the auditorium and his Baltimore cape, with two coiled females only inches beneath his feet, completely in his power and ignorant of the invisible force that held them captive, only this shadow knew, the True Dildough, with great pleasure and tremendous gutsy motions, yanked his full-grown penis to a gigantically pleasurable orgasm.”