Tom gave the rope a yank.
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Yank
/jæŋk/
Synonyms for "yank" (85 found)
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12 entriesCollocations
10 entriesabrupt yankgive a yankhard yankquick yankstrong yankviolent yankyank cordyank onyank ropeyanking motion
Inflections
3 entriesDerivations
4 entriesTranslations
18 translations across 8 languages.
Esperanto
1 entries- jankio noun (native of the USA)
Finnish
2 entries- jenkki noun (native of the Northern USA)
- jenkki noun (native of the USA)
French
4 entries- Yankee noun (native of the Northern USA)
- Yankee noun (native of the USA)
- amerloque noun (native of the USA)
- ricain noun (native of the USA)
German
2 entries- Ami noun (native of the USA)
- Yankee noun (native of the USA)
Portuguese
1 entries- ianque noun (native of the USA)
Russian
3 entries- а́мер noun (native of the USA)
- пиндо́с noun (native of the USA)
- я́нки noun (native of the USA)
Spanish
1 entries- yanqui noun (native of the USA)
Swedish
1 entries- jänkare noun (native of the USA)
Sample sentences
20 total sentences available.
The string is kind of old and worn out, so don't yank it too hard.
Source: tatoeba (8828095)
He tried to yank the splinter out with his teeth.
Source: tatoeba (10058136)
Please yank out any dandelions you see in the garden. I consider them weeds.
Source: tatoeba (10065921)
Showing 4 of 20 available sentences.