'Yank' definitions:

Definition of 'Yank'

noun

An American who lives in the North (especially during the American Civil War) [syn: Yankee, Yank, Northerner]

noun

An American (especially to non-Americans) [syn: Yankee, Yank, Yankee-Doodle]

verb

Pull, or move with a sudden movement; "He turned the handle and jerked the door open" [syn: yank, jerk]

From: GCIDE

Yank \Yank\, n. [Cf. Scot. yank a sudden and severe blow.] A jerk or twitch. [Colloq. U. S.] [1913 Webster]

From: GCIDE

Yank \Yank\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Yanked; p. pr. & vb. n. Yanking.] To twitch; to jerk. [Colloq. U. S.] [1913 Webster]

From: GCIDE