Yank Common

Yank has 7 different meanings across 2 categories:

Definitions

Noun

an American who lives in the North (especially during the American Civil War)

Yankee Yank Northerner

an American (especially to non-Americans)

Yankee Yank Yankee-Doodle

A sudden, vigorous pull (sometimes defined as mass times jerk, or rate of change of force).

A Yankee.

A Yankee, a Northerner: someone from the Northern United States, especially from New England.

Verb

pull, or move with a sudden movement

"He turned the handle and jerked the door open"

yank jerk

To pull (something) with a quick, strong action.