Synonyms of yank
70 similar words
Another word for yank is jerk. Other synonyms of yank are tug, fap, wank, beat one's meat and celebrating Palm Sunday.
Synonyms and similar words for yank
nounA sudden, vigorous pull (sometimes defined as mass times jerk, or rate of change of force).
nounAn act of masturbation.
- fap
- wank
- beat one's meat slang
- celebrating Palm Sunday slang
- choking the chicken slang
- ham shank slang, vulgar
- hand shandy slang, vulgarAn act of masturbation.
- Hand SoloAn act of masturbation involving the manual stimulation of one's own genitals.
- ipsationSolitary masturbation.
- jacking off
- jerking offAn act of masturbation.
- lone rangering slang
- manustuprationSynonym of masturbation.
- mastuprationMasturbation.
- masturbation
- milking the sausage slang
- onanism
- peeling the cucumber slang
- pocket pool
- polishing the jewels slang
- romancing the bone slang
- self-abuse
- self-defilementMasturbation.
- self-love
- self-pleasure
- self-pollutionMasturbation, seen as sinful according to religious dogma.
- shaking hands with the milkman slang
- shaking out the curtains slang
- solipsism euphemistic
- spanking the monkey slang
- tossing off
- secret vice obsoleteSynonym of solitary vice.
- solitary vice obsoleteMasturbation.
verbTo remove; to recall or revoke.
- pullTo apply a force to (an object) so that it comes toward the person or thing applying the force.
verbTo masturbate.
- abuseTo violate; defile; to rape; (reflexive) to masturbate.
- bash one outTo masturbate.
- bate
- beat itTo masturbate.
- beat offTo masturbate by stimulating one's own penis.
- crank one outTo masturbate manually by stimulating one's penis.
- frig
- goonTo masturbate for long periods of time without reaching a climax.
- jack off USTo masturbate.
- jack itTo masturbate.
- jerk itTo masturbate.
- jerk the gherkinTo masturbate.
- jerk off USTo masturbate by manually stimulating one's own penis.
- jerk one offSynonym of rub one off (“to masturbate”).
- jerk one outSynonym of rub one out (“to masturbate”).
- jork it
- knock one outTo masturbate.
- make the bald man cryTo masturbate.
- masturbate
- mastuprateMasturbate.
- play pocket pool
- play with oneselfTo masturbate.
- pleasure oneself
- rub one offSynonym of masturbate.
- rub one outTo masturbate.
- self-polluteTo masturbate.
- service oneselfTo masturbate.
- skeet Canada
- strokeTo masturbate.
- tossTo masturbate.
- toss off UKTo masturbate.
- touch oneself
- wank offTo masturbate.
- whack offTo masturbate.
Meaning of yank
- noun A sudden, vigorous pull (sometimes defined as mass times jerk, or rate of change of force).
- noun An act of masturbation.
- noun The rate of change in force with respect to time.
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Questions about synonyms of yank
- What is another word for yank?
- Yank has 70 synonyms on Word.ws, such as jerk, tug, fap, wank, beat one's meat, celebrating Palm Sunday, choking the chicken and ham shank.
- What does yank mean?
- Yank means a sudden, vigorous pull (sometimes defined as mass times jerk, or rate of change of force).
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