Yanking

Synonyms for "yanking" (16 found)

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Noun(4 words)

Related words (8)

Related word relations

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More general

8 entries
financial actionmovemovementphysical actionpolicy actionpullingremovetease

More specific

14 entries
cancelfunds withdrawalhauljerkjerk movementjoshpulling forcerazzresource withdrawalseizesnatchtugwithdrawyanking motion

Collocations

14 entries
forceful yankhard yankrope yankstrong yanksudden yankyanking forceyanking hardyanking motionyanking onyanking on leashyanking ropeyanking someone's chainyanking the dooryanking the rope

Inflections

4 entries
more yankingmost yankingyankedyanks

Derivations

6 entries

Sample sentences

7 total sentences available.

Tatoeba + Wiktionary

And I’m not sure there’s anyone better at yanking up their galoshes and trudging onward in the face of loss.

Source: tatoeba (1326226)

Tom is yanking your chain.

Source: tatoeba (2957368)

Stop yanking my hair, it hurts!

Source: tatoeba (3088542)

Every time I see someone using a leaf blower, I feel like yanking it from his hands and breaking it into a thousand pieces.

Source: tatoeba (3633580)

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