Dictionary Entry
yank
yank is a 4-letter English word with 6 senses as noun, transitive verb, and verb in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: A jerk or twitch. Face value is 11 in Scrabble and 11 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.
4 letters · Scrabble 11 · Words With Friends 11 · 6 senses
Definitions
- 1noun
A jerk or twitch.
- 2transitive verb
To twitch; to jerk.
- 3noun
An abbreviation of Yankee.
- 4noun
an American (especially to non-Americans)
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- 5noun
an American who lives in the North (especially during the American Civil War)
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- 6verb
pull, or move with a sudden movement
"He turned the handle and jerked the door open"
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