Yank

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To yank is a verb, meaning "to pull hard". For example, someone observing someone else having difficulty pulling a bath plug out of its hole might say "go on, give it a good yank".

"Yank" may also refer to:

Yank, an abbreviated form of Yankee, a word used in some English-speaking countries to refer to Americans, and within the USA to refer to Northerners
Yank, the Army Weekly, a newspaper for American soldiers during World War II
Yank (physics), the rate of change in force
Yanks, a 1979 film

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