Yankee, Yank, Yankee-Doodle
(noun) an American (especially to non-Americans)
Yankee, Yank, Northerner
(noun) an American who lives in the North (especially during the American Civil War)
yank, jerk
(verb) pull, or move with a sudden movement; “He turned the handle and jerked the door open”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
yank (plural yanks)
A sudden, vigorous pull (sometimes defined as mass times jerk, or rate of change of force).
(slang) A masturbation session.
• (sudden, vigorous pull): jerk, tug
yank (third-person singular simple present yanks, present participle yanking, simple past and past participle yanked)
(transitive) To pull (something) with a quick, strong action.
(transitive, informal) To remove from distribution.
• (pull with a quick strong action): jerk, tug
• (remove from circulation): pull, recall
yank (plural yanks)
(often, derogatory) A Yankee.
Yank (plural Yanks)
(US) A Yankee, a Northerner: someone from the Northern United States, especially from New England.
(Australia, New Zealand, Ireland, United Kingdom, sometimes pejorative) An American: someone from the United States.
• (inhabitant of the USA): American
Source: Wiktionary
Yank, n. Etym: [Cf. Scot. yank a sudden and severe blow.]
Definition: A jerk or twitch. [Colloq. U. S.]
Yank, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Yanked; p. pr. & vb. n. Yanking.]
Definition: To twitch; to jerk. [Colloq. U. S.]
Yank, n.
Definition: An abbreviation of Yankee. [Slang]
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
23 November 2024
(adjective) concerned primarily with theories or hypotheses rather than practical considerations; “theoretical science”
The Boston Tea Party helped popularize coffee in America. The hefty tea tax imposed on the colonies in 1773 resulted in America switching from tea to coffee. In the lead up to the Revolutionary War, it became patriotic to sip java instead of tea. The Civil War made the drink more pervasive. Coffee helped energize tired troops, and drinking it became an expression of freedom.