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1. Pull, or move with a sudden movement
   "He turned the handle and yanked the door open";
   - jerk, hoick

1. An American who lives in the North (especially during the American Civil War)
   - Yankee, Northerner
    
2. An American (especially to non-Americans)
   - Yankee, Yankee-Doodle, seppo [Austral, NZ]

Derived forms: yanks, Yanks, yanking, yanked

Type of: American, draw, force, pull

Part of: North

Encyclopedia: Yank, The Army Weekly