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Webster 1913 Edition


Yank

Yank

,
Noun.
[Cf. Scot.
yank
a sudden and severe blow.]
A jerk or twitch.
[Colloq. U. S.]

Yank

,
Verb.
T.
[
imp. & p. p.
Yanked
;
p. pr. & vb. n.
Yanking
.]
To twitch; to jerk.
[Colloq. U. S.]

Yank

,
Noun.
An abbreviation of
Yankee
.
[Slang]