Entry 3 senses · 3 variants Webster, 1913

Yank

/yăngk/ · IPA /ˈjæŋk/

01 n. A jerk or twitch.

1.
A jerk or twitch.[Colloq. U. S.]

02 v. t. To twitch; to jerk.

imp. & p. p. Yanked; p. pr. & vb. n. Yanking

1.
To twitch; to jerk.[Colloq. U. S.]

03 n. An abbreviation of Yankee.

1.
An abbreviation of Yankee.[Slang] See: Yankee