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Yank
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Yank meaning
A sudden, vigorous pull (sometimes defined as mass times jerk, or rate of change of force). | A masturbation session. | alternative form of shank (“stabbing weapon”).
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And don’t yank the rod to set the hook.
If you are a big fan of anything mythological or action-packed, do not hesitate to yank this series off the shelves and dive in.
What a cruel way to yank the rug out from under you and change your world so completely, and so coldly too.
When the staff transports couldn’t be seen (they took the back-route via Ilarpa) a Yank wit explained they were using stealth busses that day.
But parts of the British crew were unimpressed, with one dismissively referring to Cameron not by his name but as “the Yank”.
I grabbed the other arm and we managed to yank her up.
One new musical produced by the York that almost moved to Broadway was “Yank!
The Presidency has described as ‘unofficial’ documents doing the rounds, that it was planning to yank off import duties on food and drugs.
One week after Mayor Lori Lightfoot’s hand-picked school board narrowly defeated a plan to yank Chicago police officers out of public schools, the political hot potato has landed in a joint City Council committee.
President Muhammadu Buhari has asked his ministers and aides to yank off the gloves and defend the administration with all the vigour they can muster.
The engine is held to the vehicle’s body via the engine mounts, while the transmission sits on a cross-member; it’s generally assumed that it makes more sense to remove the trans than it does to yank the engine, so that’s what Brandon and I did.
Bliss threw Charlotte face-first into the middle turnbuckle, then rolled her up with a yank of the rights.
But Israel and Trump, the most pro-Israel U.S. president in history, decided to yank permission, citing Omar and Tlaib's support for the global boycott and disinvestment campaign against Israel, known as BDS.
P.S. Don’t let anyone yank your chain!
Push offs were rarely called and only if the defender fell; at the top of the stem, receivers would yank the CB the opposite direction of the cut just to give themselves that 1-2 foot separation; etc.
Rudolph wrestled with Garrett and unsuccessfully tried to yank off the Pro Bowler’s helmet before running after him and then being struck.
She cut it short so her abusive ex-husband couldn’t yank it.
Speakers range from a world-renowned photographer to a Harvard University professor, along with several entrepreneurs and Wabash student William Yank, who withdrew last fall to wage his battle against cancer.
The hooded criminals yank him from the vehicle and throw him to the floor before making as if to stamp on his head.
They cut holes in the ice with chainsaws and snowmobiles yank the ice free of the dive hole.