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yanks

yanks is the plural of yank.

yanks is the third-person singular simple present indicative of yank.

Meaning of yank

Noun

yank (plural yanks)

  1. A sudden, vigorous pull (sometimes defined as mass times jerk, or rate of change of force).
    • He unjammed the rope with a short yank.
    Synonyms:
    jerk, tug
  2. (slang) An act of masturbation.
    • He rested his hand on his bare chest, an innocent enough spot, but soon it drifted of its own accord down his stomach to slide beneath the waistband of his briefs. Fine. A quick yank would relieve the sexual tension that simmered in him.2012, Bonnie Dee, Summer Devon, Serious Play, page 81
  3. The rate of change in force with respect to time.

See all 10 meanings of yank

Noun capitalized: Yanks

Yanks

  1. (plural) plural of Yank

Phrases with yanks

Questions about yanks

What is yanks the plural of?
Yanks is the plural of yank.
What part of speech is yanks?
Yanks is a noun.

Words near yanks in the dictionary

  1. Yankovic
  2. Yankovich
  3. Yankoviches
  4. Yankowski
  5. Yankowskis
  6. yanks
  7. yanks around
  8. yanks off
  9. yanks one's crank
  10. yanks someone's chain
  11. Yankspeak

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Adapted from Wiktionary: yanks (page history and authors); Yanks (page history and authors); yank (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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