YANKER

yanker, jerker

(noun) someone who gives a strong sudden pull

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Etymology

Noun

yanker (plural yankers)

Someone who yanks, or gives a sudden hard pull

(Scotland) A brazen lie

someone who pranks someone, who yanks chains, such as with crank calls

• Crank Yankers

Synonyms

• puller

Anagrams

• Kearny

Source: Wiktionary



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Word of the Day

8 April 2025

COAXING

(adjective) pleasingly persuasive or intended to persuade; “a coaxing and obsequious voice”; “her manner is quiet and ingratiatory and a little too agreeable”


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According to Guinness World Records, on 25 September 2016, the Birla Institute of Management Technology (India) in Uttar Pradesh, India, constructed the largest coffee cups pyramid consisting of 23,821 cups. They used paper takeaway coffee cups to build the pyramid.

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