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YANK

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 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

An American (especially to non-Americans)

Synonyms:

Yank; Yankee; Yankee-Doodle

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Hypernyms ("Yank" is a kind of...):

American (a native or inhabitant of the United States)

Sense 2

Meaning:

An American who lives in the North (especially during the American Civil War)

Synonyms:

Northerner; Yank; Yankee

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Hypernyms ("Yank" is a kind of...):

American (a native or inhabitant of the United States)

Domain region:

America; the States; U.S.; U.S.A.; United States; United States of America; US; USA (North American republic containing 50 states - 48 conterminous states in North America plus Alaska in northwest North America and the Hawaiian Islands in the Pacific Ocean; achieved independence in 1776)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "Yank"):

Federal; Federal soldier; Union soldier (a member of the Union Army during the American Civil War)

Holonyms ("Yank" is a member of...):

North (the region of the United States lying to the north of the Mason-Dixon line)

 II. (verb) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

Pull, or move with a sudden movement

Example:

He turned the handle and jerked the door open

Synonyms:

jerk; yank

Classified under:

Verbs of touching, hitting, tying, digging

Hypernyms (to "yank" is one way to...):

draw; pull (cause to move by pulling)

Sentence frames:

Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s something PP

Derivation:

yanker (someone who gives a strong sudden pull)

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