Synonym: draw, haul, heave, jerk, tug, wrench, wrest. Similar words: yang, banyan, aryan, by and by, buoyant, polyandry, buoyancy, hardly any. Meaning: [jæŋk] 
n. 1. an American who lives in the North (especially during the American Civil War) 2. an American (especially to non-Americans). v. pull, or move with a sudden movement.
n. 1. an American who lives in the North (especially during the American Civil War) 2. an American (especially to non-Americans). v. pull, or move with a sudden movement. 
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31. With a quick yank, I pulled it free from its bondage.
32. How do you know he won't wake up when you yank that thing out?
33. The Brunette jumps and SWISH ! The firemen yank the blanket away.
34. In his 1997 book For Cause and Comrades: Why Men Fought the Civil War, America's leading Civil War scholar James M. McPherson compares the motivation of Billy Yank and Johnny Reb to that of the GIs.
More similar words: yang, banyan, aryan, by and by, buoyant, polyandry, buoyancy, hardly any, abeyance, by and large, annoyance, banyan tree, by any means, conveyance, flamboyant, day and night, clairvoyant, supply and demand, conveyancing, clairvoyance, dank, sank, tank, rank, bank, lank, law of supply and demand, banks, flank, frank.