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
28 February 2025
(adjective) pertaining to giving directives or rules; “prescriptive grammar is concerned with norms of or rules for correct usage”
Decaffeinated coffee is not caffeine-free. Studies from the National Institute of Health (US) have shown that virtually all decaf coffee types contain caffeine. A 236-ml (8-oz) cup of decaf coffee contains up to 7 mg of caffeine, whereas a regular cup provided 70-140 mg.
