yanked; yanking; yanks
: to pull on something with a quick vigorous movement
1
: to pull or extract with a quick vigorous movement
2
: to remove in or as if in an abrupt manner
yanked the story from the evening edition
Examples of yank in a Sentence
Verb
He yanked the door shut.
She yanked on the dog's leash.
Noun (1)
had to give the shoe a good yank to get it off
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Dana O’Neil, CNN Money, 19 Nov. 2025
In his latest move to shift critical dollars to healthcare programs for the nation’s war veterans, Veterans Affairs Secretary Doug Collins on Wednesday yanked a Biden administration plan to use $77 million on 140 solar electric vehicle charging stations.
—Paul Bedard, The Washington Examiner, 19 Nov. 2025
Cameron Kaiser, ArsTechnica, 12 Sep. 2025
Visitors to China will want to lighten their grip, while folks introducing themselves to Germans should know to stop after one firm downward yank.
—Chris Ciolli, AFAR Media, 15 July 2025
Chris Ciolli, AFAR Media, 15 July 2025
Running on a level surface (in supportive shoes—see above!) can serve as plenty a cardio workout without the extra yank on your plantar fascia.
—Erica Sloan, SELF, 20 June 2025
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Verb
Cooper and Carr both yanked six rebounds and Fears did his assist thing.
—Dana O’Neil, CNN Money, 19 Nov. 2025
In his latest move to shift critical dollars to healthcare programs for the nation’s war veterans, Veterans Affairs Secretary Doug Collins on Wednesday yanked a Biden administration plan to use $77 million on 140 solar electric vehicle charging stations.
—Paul Bedard, The Washington Examiner, 19 Nov. 2025
Noun
Effectively, this turned the workspace into a yank buffer along with all your documents, and undoing any destructive editing operation thus became merely another cut and paste.
—Cameron Kaiser, ArsTechnica, 12 Sep. 2025
Visitors to China will want to lighten their grip, while folks introducing themselves to Germans should know to stop after one firm downward yank.
—Chris Ciolli, AFAR Media, 15 July 2025
Noun
Visitors to China will want to lighten their grip, while folks introducing themselves to Germans should know to stop after one firm downward yank.
—Chris Ciolli, AFAR Media, 15 July 2025
Running on a level surface (in supportive shoes—see above!) can serve as plenty a cardio workout without the extra yank on your plantar fascia.
—Erica Sloan, SELF, 20 June 2025
See All Example Sentences for yank
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“Yank.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/yank. Accessed 25 Nov. 2025.
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