Yank

Tanımlar (İngilizce)

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

   “He unjammed the rope with a short yank.”

2. isim An act of masturbation.

   “He rested his hand on his bare chest, an innocent enough spot, but soon it drifted of its own accord down his stomach to slide beneath the waistband of his briefs. Fine. A quick yank would relieve the sexual tension that simmered in him.”

3. isim Alternative form of shank (“stabbing weapon”).

   “Tell my young bad, she can vouch for me I was only thirteen with a yank on me”

4. fiil 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.”

5. fiil To remove; to recall or revoke.

   “They yanked the product as soon as they learned it was unsafe.”

6. fiil To masturbate.
7. isim Alternative letter-case form of Yank (“Yankee”).
8. isim Someone from the northern United States.

   “Halt! come down there, you Yanks, come down!”

9. isim One from New England.
10. isim Someone on the Union side.
11. isim Someone from 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.”