English Explanatory Dictionary

yank

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A sudden, vigorous pull (sometimes defined as mass times jerk, or rate of change of force).
  2. An act of masturbation.
  3. Alternative form of shank (“stabbing weapon”).
verb
  1. To pull (something) with a quick, strong action.
  2. To remove; to recall or revoke.
  3. To masturbate.
noun
  1. Alternative letter-case form of Yank (“Yankee”).
noun
  1. A native or inhabitant of some part of the United States.
  2. Someone from the northern United States.
  3. One from New England.
  4. Someone on the Union side.
  5. Someone from the United States.

Pronunciation

/ˈjæŋk/ [ˈjæŋk] En-au-yank.ogg /ˈjeɪ̯ŋk/ [ˈjeɪ̯ŋk] /ˈjɛ̃ŋk/ [ˈjɛ̃ŋk] /jæŋk/ /jeɪ̯ŋk/ /jɛ̃ŋk/

Word forms

yank yanks yanking yanked

Etymology

Attested since 1822; from Scots yank. Unknown origin.

Synonyms

jerk tug fap wank celebrating Palm Sunday choking the chicken ham shank hand shandy Hand Solo ipsation jacking off jerking off lone rangering manustupration mastupration masturbation milking the sausage onanism peeling the cucumber pocket pool polishing the jewels romancing the bone secret vice self-abuse self-defilement self-love self-pleasure self-pollution shaking hands with the milkman shaking out the curtains solipsism solitary vice spanking the monkey tossing off pull abuse bash one out bate beat it beat off crank one out frig goon jack off jack it jerk it jerk the gherkin jerk off jork it knock one out make the bald man cry masturbate mastuprate play pocket pool play with oneself pleasure oneself rub one out self-pollute service oneself skeet

Related words

Yankee

Derived words

rank and yank yank around yanker yank off yank one's crank yank someone's chain
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