See yank on Wiktionary
Download JSON data for yank meaning in All languages combined (15.9kB)
{
"etymology_number": 1,
"etymology_templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "en",
"2": "sco",
"3": "yank"
},
"expansion": "Scots yank",
"name": "bor"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "en"
},
"expansion": "Unknown",
"name": "unk"
}
],
"etymology_text": "Attested since 1822; from Scots yank. Unknown origin.",
"forms": [
{
"form": "yanks",
"tags": [
"plural"
]
}
],
"head_templates": [
{
"args": {},
"expansion": "yank (plural yanks)",
"name": "en-noun"
}
],
"lang": "English",
"lang_code": "en",
"pos": "noun",
"senses": [
{
"categories": [],
"examples": [
{
"text": "He unjammed the rope with a short yank.",
"type": "example"
}
],
"glosses": [
"A sudden, vigorous pull (sometimes defined as mass times jerk, or rate of change of force)."
],
"id": "en-yank-en-noun-FH2ICpuh",
"links": [
[
"sudden",
"sudden"
],
[
"vigorous",
"vigorous"
],
[
"pull",
"pull"
],
[
"jerk",
"jerk"
],
[
"force",
"force"
]
],
"synonyms": [
{
"_dis1": "99 1",
"sense": "sudden, vigorous pull",
"word": "jerk"
},
{
"_dis1": "99 1",
"sense": "sudden, vigorous pull",
"word": "tug"
}
],
"translations": [
{
"_dis1": "99 1",
"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "rjazko drǎpvane",
"sense": "A sudden, vigorous pull",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "рязко дръпване"
},
{
"_dis1": "99 1",
"code": "ca",
"lang": "Catalan",
"sense": "A sudden, vigorous pull",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "estrebada"
},
{
"_dis1": "99 1",
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "A sudden, vigorous pull",
"word": "vetäisy"
},
{
"_dis1": "99 1",
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "A sudden, vigorous pull",
"word": "kiskaisu"
},
{
"_dis1": "99 1",
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "A sudden, vigorous pull",
"word": "riuhtaisu"
},
{
"_dis1": "99 1",
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "A sudden, vigorous pull",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "coup sec"
},
{
"_dis1": "99 1",
"code": "ka",
"lang": "Georgian",
"roman": "naxṭomi",
"sense": "A sudden, vigorous pull",
"word": "ნახტომი"
},
{
"_dis1": "99 1",
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "A sudden, vigorous pull",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "Ruck"
},
{
"_dis1": "99 1",
"code": "el",
"lang": "Greek",
"roman": "apótomo trávigma",
"sense": "A sudden, vigorous pull",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "απότομο τράβηγμα"
},
{
"_dis1": "99 1",
"code": "fa",
"lang": "Persian",
"sense": "A sudden, vigorous pull",
"word": "کشش ناگهانی"
},
{
"_dis1": "99 1",
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "A sudden, vigorous pull",
"word": "puxão"
},
{
"_dis1": "99 1",
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "ryvók",
"sense": "A sudden, vigorous pull",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "рыво́к"
},
{
"_dis1": "99 1",
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "djórganʹje",
"sense": "A sudden, vigorous pull",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "дёрганье"
},
{
"_dis1": "99 1",
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "A sudden, vigorous pull",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "tirón"
},
{
"_dis1": "99 1",
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "A sudden, vigorous pull",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "ryck"
}
]
},
{
"categories": [],
"examples": [
{
"ref": "2012, Bonnie Dee, Summer Devon, Serious Play, page 81",
"text": "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.",
"type": "quotation"
}
],
"glosses": [
"A masturbation session."
],
"id": "en-yank-en-noun-tTiYCxrZ",
"links": [
[
"masturbation",
"masturbation"
]
],
"raw_glosses": [
"(slang) A masturbation session."
],
"tags": [
"slang"
]
}
],
"sounds": [
{
"ipa": "/jæŋk/"
},
{
"rhymes": "-æŋk"
},
{
"audio": "En-au-yank.ogg",
"mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/1/14/En-au-yank.ogg/En-au-yank.ogg.mp3",
"ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/1/14/En-au-yank.ogg",
"tags": [
"Australia"
],
"text": "Audio (AU)"
},
{
"enpr": "yăngk"
}
],
"synonyms": [
{
"_dis1": "0 0",
"tags": [
"slang"
],
"word": "fap"
}
],
"word": "yank"
}
{
"derived": [
{
"_dis1": "0 0",
"word": "rank and yank"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0",
"word": "yank around"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0",
"word": "yanker"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0",
"word": "yank off"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0",
"word": "yank someone's chain"
}
],
"etymology_number": 1,
"etymology_templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "en",
"2": "sco",
"3": "yank"
},
"expansion": "Scots yank",
"name": "bor"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "en"
},
"expansion": "Unknown",
"name": "unk"
}
],
"etymology_text": "Attested since 1822; from Scots yank. Unknown origin.",
"forms": [
{
"form": "yanks",
"tags": [
"present",
"singular",
"third-person"
]
},
{
"form": "yanking",
"tags": [
"participle",
"present"
]
},
{
"form": "yanked",
"tags": [
"participle",
"past"
]
},
{
"form": "yanked",
"tags": [
"past"
]
}
],
"head_templates": [
{
"args": {},
"expansion": "yank (third-person singular simple present yanks, present participle yanking, simple past and past participle yanked)",
"name": "en-verb"
}
],
"lang": "English",
"lang_code": "en",
"pos": "verb",
"senses": [
{
"categories": [],
"examples": [
{
"ref": "2015 December, Elizabeth Royte, “Vultures Are Revolting. Here’s Why We Need to Save Them.”, in National Geographic, archived from the original on 2015-12-13",
"text": "Now a white-backed rams its head down the wildebeest’s throat and yanks out an eight-inch length of trachea, ribbed like a vacuum hose.",
"type": "quotation"
},
{
"ref": "2016 October, Scott Dadich, quoting Barack Obama, “Barack Obama Talks AI, Robo Cars, and the Future of the World”, in Wired, →ISSN",
"text": "[Regarding risks of AI] And you just have to have somebody close to the power cord. [Laughs.] Right when you see it about to happen, you gotta yank that electricity out of the wall, man.",
"type": "quotation"
}
],
"glosses": [
"To pull (something) with a quick, strong action."
],
"id": "en-yank-en-verb-UvACNffq",
"links": [
[
"quick",
"quick"
],
[
"strong",
"strong"
],
[
"action",
"action"
]
],
"raw_glosses": [
"(transitive) To pull (something) with a quick, strong action."
],
"synonyms": [
{
"_dis1": "100 0",
"sense": "pull with a quick strong action",
"word": "jerk"
},
{
"_dis1": "100 0",
"sense": "pull with a quick strong action",
"word": "tug"
}
],
"tags": [
"transitive"
],
"translations": [
{
"_dis1": "100 0",
"code": "az",
"lang": "Azerbaijani",
"sense": "to pull something with a quick, strong action",
"word": "dartmaq"
},
{
"_dis1": "100 0",
"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "drǎpvam silno",
"sense": "to pull something with a quick, strong action",
"word": "дръпвам силно"
},
{
"_dis1": "100 0",
"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "to pull something with a quick, strong action",
"word": "rukken"
},
{
"_dis1": "100 0",
"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "to pull something with a quick, strong action",
"word": "een ruk geven"
},
{
"_dis1": "100 0",
"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "to pull something with a quick, strong action",
"word": "sjorren"
},
{
"_dis1": "100 0",
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "to pull something with a quick, strong action",
"word": "vetäistä"
},
{
"_dis1": "100 0",
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "to pull something with a quick, strong action",
"word": "kiskaista"
},
{
"_dis1": "100 0",
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "to pull something with a quick, strong action",
"word": "riuhtoa"
},
{
"_dis1": "100 0",
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "to pull something with a quick, strong action",
"word": "riuhtaista"
},
{
"_dis1": "100 0",
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "to pull something with a quick, strong action",
"word": "tirer d’un coup sec"
},
{
"_dis1": "100 0",
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "to pull something with a quick, strong action",
"word": "mit einem kurzem Ruck reißen"
},
{
"_dis1": "100 0",
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "to pull something with a quick, strong action",
"word": "mit einem kurzem Ruck ziehen"
},
{
"_dis1": "100 0",
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "to pull something with a quick, strong action",
"word": "mit einem kurzem Ruck zerren"
},
{
"_dis1": "100 0",
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "to pull something with a quick, strong action",
"word": "ránt"
},
{
"_dis1": "100 0",
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "to pull something with a quick, strong action",
"word": "kiránt"
},
{
"_dis1": "100 0",
"code": "hu",
"english": "presenting it",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "to pull something with a quick, strong action",
"word": "előránt"
},
{
"_dis1": "100 0",
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "to pull something with a quick, strong action",
"word": "előkap"
},
{
"_dis1": "100 0",
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "to pull something with a quick, strong action",
"word": "strappar via"
},
{
"_dis1": "100 0",
"code": "ja",
"lang": "Japanese",
"roman": "hipparu",
"sense": "to pull something with a quick, strong action",
"word": "引っ張る"
},
{
"_dis1": "100 0",
"code": "mi",
"lang": "Maori",
"sense": "to pull something with a quick, strong action",
"word": "haukume"
},
{
"_dis1": "100 0",
"code": "ro",
"lang": "Romanian",
"sense": "to pull something with a quick, strong action",
"word": "înșfăca"
},
{
"_dis1": "100 0",
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "djórgatʹ",
"sense": "to pull something with a quick, strong action",
"word": "дёргать"
},
{
"_dis1": "100 0",
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "vyryvátʹ",
"sense": "to pull something with a quick, strong action",
"word": "вырыва́ть"
},
{
"_dis1": "100 0",
"code": "gd",
"lang": "Scottish Gaelic",
"sense": "to pull something with a quick, strong action",
"word": "slaod"
},
{
"_dis1": "100 0",
"code": "gd",
"lang": "Scottish Gaelic",
"sense": "to pull something with a quick, strong action",
"word": "tarraing"
},
{
"_dis1": "100 0",
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "to pull something with a quick, strong action",
"word": "tirar de"
},
{
"_dis1": "100 0",
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "to pull something with a quick, strong action",
"word": "dar un tirón"
},
{
"_dis1": "100 0",
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "to pull something with a quick, strong action",
"word": "tironear"
},
{
"_dis1": "100 0",
"code": "uk",
"lang": "Ukrainian",
"roman": "smýkaty",
"sense": "to pull something with a quick, strong action",
"tags": [
"imperfective"
],
"word": "сми́кати"
},
{
"_dis1": "100 0",
"code": "uk",
"lang": "Ukrainian",
"roman": "smýknuty",
"sense": "to pull something with a quick, strong action",
"tags": [
"perfective"
],
"word": "сми́кнути"
}
]
},
{
"categories": [],
"examples": [
{
"text": "They yanked the product as soon as they learned it was unsafe.",
"type": "example"
}
],
"glosses": [
"To remove from distribution."
],
"id": "en-yank-en-verb-HWBPPc5t",
"links": [
[
"remove",
"remove"
],
[
"distribution",
"distribution"
]
],
"raw_glosses": [
"(transitive, informal) To remove from distribution."
],
"synonyms": [
{
"_dis1": "3 97",
"sense": "remove from circulation",
"word": "pull"
},
{
"_dis1": "3 97",
"sense": "remove from circulation",
"word": "recall"
}
],
"tags": [
"informal",
"transitive"
],
"translations": [
{
"_dis1": "0 100",
"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "iztegljam",
"sense": "to remove from distribution",
"word": "изтеглям"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 100",
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "to remove from distribution",
"word": "vetää pois markkinoilta"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 100",
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "to remove from distribution",
"word": "retirer"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 100",
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "to remove from distribution",
"word": "aus dem Verkehr ziehen"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 100",
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "to remove from distribution",
"word": "visszavon"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 100",
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "to remove from distribution",
"word": "bevon"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 100",
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "to remove from distribution",
"word": "megszüntet"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 100",
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "to remove from distribution",
"word": "töröl"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 100",
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "to remove from distribution",
"word": "retirar"
}
]
}
],
"sounds": [
{
"ipa": "/jæŋk/"
},
{
"rhymes": "-æŋk"
},
{
"audio": "En-au-yank.ogg",
"mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/1/14/En-au-yank.ogg/En-au-yank.ogg.mp3",
"ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/1/14/En-au-yank.ogg",
"tags": [
"Australia"
],
"text": "Audio (AU)"
},
{
"enpr": "yăngk"
}
],
"word": "yank"
}
{
"etymology_number": 2,
"forms": [
{
"form": "yanks",
"tags": [
"plural"
]
}
],
"head_templates": [
{
"args": {},
"expansion": "yank (plural yanks)",
"name": "en-noun"
}
],
"lang": "English",
"lang_code": "en",
"pos": "noun",
"senses": [
{
"alt_of": [
{
"extra": "Yankee",
"word": "Yank"
}
],
"categories": [
{
"_dis": "8 23 49 6 14",
"kind": "other",
"name": "English entries with incorrect language header",
"parents": [
"Entries with incorrect language header",
"Entry maintenance"
],
"source": "w+disamb"
}
],
"glosses": [
"Alternative letter-case form of Yank (“Yankee”)."
],
"id": "en-yank-en-noun-qnniAaDJ",
"links": [
[
"derogatory",
"derogatory"
],
[
"Yank",
"Yank#English"
],
[
"Yankee",
"Yankee"
]
],
"raw_glosses": [
"(often derogatory) Alternative letter-case form of Yank (“Yankee”)."
],
"tags": [
"alt-of",
"derogatory",
"often"
]
}
],
"word": "yank"
}
{
"etymology_templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "sco"
},
"expansion": "Unknown",
"name": "unk"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "sco",
"2": "whang",
"3": "",
"4": "a blow"
},
"expansion": "whang (“a blow”)",
"name": "m"
}
],
"etymology_text": "Unknown; likely imitative. Compare whang (“a blow”).",
"forms": [
{
"form": "yanks",
"tags": [
"plural"
]
}
],
"head_templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "sco",
"10": "",
"2": "noun",
"3": "",
"4": "",
"5": "plural",
"6": "yanks",
"7": "",
"8": "",
"9": "",
"cat2": "",
"cat3": "",
"head": ""
},
"expansion": "yank (plural yanks)",
"name": "head"
},
{
"args": {},
"expansion": "yank (plural yanks)",
"name": "sco-noun"
}
],
"lang": "Scots",
"lang_code": "sco",
"pos": "noun",
"senses": [
{
"glosses": [
"a sudden tug, a jerk, a yank"
],
"id": "en-yank-sco-noun-rpV41gNE",
"links": [
[
"tug",
"tug"
],
[
"jerk",
"jerk"
]
]
},
{
"categories": [],
"examples": [
{
"english": "I raised my fist and gave him a blow on the temple that made his little brass cap rattle against the wall.",
"ref": "1833, James Hogg, The Brownie of Bodsbeck, page 51",
"text": "I took up my neive an’ gae him a yank on the haffat till I gart his bit brass cap rattle against the wa’.",
"type": "quotation"
}
],
"glosses": [
"a blow, a slap"
],
"id": "en-yank-sco-noun-06JQ75tp",
"links": [
[
"blow",
"blow"
],
[
"slap",
"slap"
]
]
}
],
"word": "yank"
}
{
"etymology_templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "sco"
},
"expansion": "Unknown",
"name": "unk"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "sco",
"2": "whang",
"3": "",
"4": "a blow"
},
"expansion": "whang (“a blow”)",
"name": "m"
}
],
"etymology_text": "Unknown; likely imitative. Compare whang (“a blow”).",
"forms": [
{
"form": "yanks",
"tags": [
"present",
"singular",
"third-person"
]
},
{
"form": "yankin",
"tags": [
"participle",
"present"
]
},
{
"form": "yankt",
"tags": [
"past"
]
},
{
"form": "yankt",
"tags": [
"participle",
"past"
]
}
],
"head_templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "sco",
"10": "yankt",
"2": "verbs",
"3": "third-person singular simple present",
"4": "yanks",
"5": "present participle",
"6": "yankin",
"7": "simple past",
"8": "yankt",
"9": "past participle",
"head": ""
},
"expansion": "yank (third-person singular simple present yanks, present participle yankin, simple past yankt, past participle yankt)",
"name": "head"
},
{
"args": {},
"expansion": "yank (third-person singular simple present yanks, present participle yankin, simple past yankt, past participle yankt)",
"name": "sco-verb"
}
],
"lang": "Scots",
"lang_code": "sco",
"pos": "verb",
"senses": [
{
"categories": [
{
"_dis": "11 3 72 15",
"kind": "other",
"name": "Scots entries with incorrect language header",
"parents": [
"Entries with incorrect language header",
"Entry maintenance"
],
"source": "w+disamb"
}
],
"glosses": [
"to jerk, to pull suddenly"
],
"id": "en-yank-sco-verb-z51ETbmL",
"links": [
[
"jerk",
"jerk"
],
[
"pull",
"pull"
]
]
},
{
"glosses": [
"to move quickly or in a lively manner"
],
"id": "en-yank-sco-verb-PF4mk8FJ",
"links": [
[
"move",
"move"
],
[
"quickly",
"quickly"
],
[
"lively",
"lively"
]
]
}
],
"word": "yank"
}
{
"categories": [
"English 1-syllable words",
"English countable nouns",
"English entries with incorrect language header",
"English lemmas",
"English nouns",
"English terms borrowed from Scots",
"English terms derived from Scots",
"English terms with IPA pronunciation",
"English terms with audio links",
"English terms with unknown etymologies",
"English verbs",
"Rhymes:English/æŋk",
"Rhymes:English/æŋk/1 syllable"
],
"etymology_number": 1,
"etymology_templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "en",
"2": "sco",
"3": "yank"
},
"expansion": "Scots yank",
"name": "bor"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "en"
},
"expansion": "Unknown",
"name": "unk"
}
],
"etymology_text": "Attested since 1822; from Scots yank. Unknown origin.",
"forms": [
{
"form": "yanks",
"tags": [
"plural"
]
}
],
"head_templates": [
{
"args": {},
"expansion": "yank (plural yanks)",
"name": "en-noun"
}
],
"lang": "English",
"lang_code": "en",
"pos": "noun",
"senses": [
{
"categories": [
"English terms with usage examples"
],
"examples": [
{
"text": "He unjammed the rope with a short yank.",
"type": "example"
}
],
"glosses": [
"A sudden, vigorous pull (sometimes defined as mass times jerk, or rate of change of force)."
],
"links": [
[
"sudden",
"sudden"
],
[
"vigorous",
"vigorous"
],
[
"pull",
"pull"
],
[
"jerk",
"jerk"
],
[
"force",
"force"
]
]
},
{
"categories": [
"English slang",
"English terms with quotations"
],
"examples": [
{
"ref": "2012, Bonnie Dee, Summer Devon, Serious Play, page 81",
"text": "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.",
"type": "quotation"
}
],
"glosses": [
"A masturbation session."
],
"links": [
[
"masturbation",
"masturbation"
]
],
"raw_glosses": [
"(slang) A masturbation session."
],
"tags": [
"slang"
]
}
],
"sounds": [
{
"ipa": "/jæŋk/"
},
{
"rhymes": "-æŋk"
},
{
"audio": "En-au-yank.ogg",
"mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/1/14/En-au-yank.ogg/En-au-yank.ogg.mp3",
"ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/1/14/En-au-yank.ogg",
"tags": [
"Australia"
],
"text": "Audio (AU)"
},
{
"enpr": "yăngk"
}
],
"synonyms": [
{
"sense": "sudden, vigorous pull",
"word": "jerk"
},
{
"sense": "sudden, vigorous pull",
"word": "tug"
},
{
"tags": [
"slang"
],
"word": "fap"
}
],
"translations": [
{
"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "rjazko drǎpvane",
"sense": "A sudden, vigorous pull",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "рязко дръпване"
},
{
"code": "ca",
"lang": "Catalan",
"sense": "A sudden, vigorous pull",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "estrebada"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "A sudden, vigorous pull",
"word": "vetäisy"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "A sudden, vigorous pull",
"word": "kiskaisu"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "A sudden, vigorous pull",
"word": "riuhtaisu"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "A sudden, vigorous pull",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "coup sec"
},
{
"code": "ka",
"lang": "Georgian",
"roman": "naxṭomi",
"sense": "A sudden, vigorous pull",
"word": "ნახტომი"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "A sudden, vigorous pull",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "Ruck"
},
{
"code": "el",
"lang": "Greek",
"roman": "apótomo trávigma",
"sense": "A sudden, vigorous pull",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "απότομο τράβηγμα"
},
{
"code": "fa",
"lang": "Persian",
"sense": "A sudden, vigorous pull",
"word": "کشش ناگهانی"
},
{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "A sudden, vigorous pull",
"word": "puxão"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "ryvók",
"sense": "A sudden, vigorous pull",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "рыво́к"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "djórganʹje",
"sense": "A sudden, vigorous pull",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "дёрганье"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "A sudden, vigorous pull",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "tirón"
},
{
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "A sudden, vigorous pull",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "ryck"
}
],
"word": "yank"
}
{
"categories": [
"English 1-syllable words",
"English countable nouns",
"English entries with incorrect language header",
"English lemmas",
"English nouns",
"English terms borrowed from Scots",
"English terms derived from Scots",
"English terms with IPA pronunciation",
"English terms with audio links",
"English terms with unknown etymologies",
"English verbs",
"Rhymes:English/æŋk",
"Rhymes:English/æŋk/1 syllable"
],
"derived": [
{
"word": "rank and yank"
},
{
"word": "yank around"
},
{
"word": "yanker"
},
{
"word": "yank off"
},
{
"word": "yank someone's chain"
}
],
"etymology_number": 1,
"etymology_templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "en",
"2": "sco",
"3": "yank"
},
"expansion": "Scots yank",
"name": "bor"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "en"
},
"expansion": "Unknown",
"name": "unk"
}
],
"etymology_text": "Attested since 1822; from Scots yank. Unknown origin.",
"forms": [
{
"form": "yanks",
"tags": [
"present",
"singular",
"third-person"
]
},
{
"form": "yanking",
"tags": [
"participle",
"present"
]
},
{
"form": "yanked",
"tags": [
"participle",
"past"
]
},
{
"form": "yanked",
"tags": [
"past"
]
}
],
"head_templates": [
{
"args": {},
"expansion": "yank (third-person singular simple present yanks, present participle yanking, simple past and past participle yanked)",
"name": "en-verb"
}
],
"lang": "English",
"lang_code": "en",
"pos": "verb",
"senses": [
{
"categories": [
"English terms with quotations",
"English transitive verbs"
],
"examples": [
{
"ref": "2015 December, Elizabeth Royte, “Vultures Are Revolting. Here’s Why We Need to Save Them.”, in National Geographic, archived from the original on 2015-12-13",
"text": "Now a white-backed rams its head down the wildebeest’s throat and yanks out an eight-inch length of trachea, ribbed like a vacuum hose.",
"type": "quotation"
},
{
"ref": "2016 October, Scott Dadich, quoting Barack Obama, “Barack Obama Talks AI, Robo Cars, and the Future of the World”, in Wired, →ISSN",
"text": "[Regarding risks of AI] And you just have to have somebody close to the power cord. [Laughs.] Right when you see it about to happen, you gotta yank that electricity out of the wall, man.",
"type": "quotation"
}
],
"glosses": [
"To pull (something) with a quick, strong action."
],
"links": [
[
"quick",
"quick"
],
[
"strong",
"strong"
],
[
"action",
"action"
]
],
"raw_glosses": [
"(transitive) To pull (something) with a quick, strong action."
],
"tags": [
"transitive"
]
},
{
"categories": [
"English informal terms",
"English terms with usage examples",
"English transitive verbs"
],
"examples": [
{
"text": "They yanked the product as soon as they learned it was unsafe.",
"type": "example"
}
],
"glosses": [
"To remove from distribution."
],
"links": [
[
"remove",
"remove"
],
[
"distribution",
"distribution"
]
],
"raw_glosses": [
"(transitive, informal) To remove from distribution."
],
"tags": [
"informal",
"transitive"
]
}
],
"sounds": [
{
"ipa": "/jæŋk/"
},
{
"rhymes": "-æŋk"
},
{
"audio": "En-au-yank.ogg",
"mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/1/14/En-au-yank.ogg/En-au-yank.ogg.mp3",
"ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/1/14/En-au-yank.ogg",
"tags": [
"Australia"
],
"text": "Audio (AU)"
},
{
"enpr": "yăngk"
}
],
"synonyms": [
{
"sense": "pull with a quick strong action",
"word": "jerk"
},
{
"sense": "pull with a quick strong action",
"word": "tug"
},
{
"sense": "remove from circulation",
"word": "pull"
},
{
"sense": "remove from circulation",
"word": "recall"
}
],
"translations": [
{
"code": "az",
"lang": "Azerbaijani",
"sense": "to pull something with a quick, strong action",
"word": "dartmaq"
},
{
"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "drǎpvam silno",
"sense": "to pull something with a quick, strong action",
"word": "дръпвам силно"
},
{
"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "to pull something with a quick, strong action",
"word": "rukken"
},
{
"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "to pull something with a quick, strong action",
"word": "een ruk geven"
},
{
"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "to pull something with a quick, strong action",
"word": "sjorren"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "to pull something with a quick, strong action",
"word": "vetäistä"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "to pull something with a quick, strong action",
"word": "kiskaista"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "to pull something with a quick, strong action",
"word": "riuhtoa"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "to pull something with a quick, strong action",
"word": "riuhtaista"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "to pull something with a quick, strong action",
"word": "tirer d’un coup sec"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "to pull something with a quick, strong action",
"word": "mit einem kurzem Ruck reißen"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "to pull something with a quick, strong action",
"word": "mit einem kurzem Ruck ziehen"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "to pull something with a quick, strong action",
"word": "mit einem kurzem Ruck zerren"
},
{
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "to pull something with a quick, strong action",
"word": "ránt"
},
{
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "to pull something with a quick, strong action",
"word": "kiránt"
},
{
"code": "hu",
"english": "presenting it",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "to pull something with a quick, strong action",
"word": "előránt"
},
{
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "to pull something with a quick, strong action",
"word": "előkap"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "to pull something with a quick, strong action",
"word": "strappar via"
},
{
"code": "ja",
"lang": "Japanese",
"roman": "hipparu",
"sense": "to pull something with a quick, strong action",
"word": "引っ張る"
},
{
"code": "mi",
"lang": "Maori",
"sense": "to pull something with a quick, strong action",
"word": "haukume"
},
{
"code": "ro",
"lang": "Romanian",
"sense": "to pull something with a quick, strong action",
"word": "înșfăca"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "djórgatʹ",
"sense": "to pull something with a quick, strong action",
"word": "дёргать"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "vyryvátʹ",
"sense": "to pull something with a quick, strong action",
"word": "вырыва́ть"
},
{
"code": "gd",
"lang": "Scottish Gaelic",
"sense": "to pull something with a quick, strong action",
"word": "slaod"
},
{
"code": "gd",
"lang": "Scottish Gaelic",
"sense": "to pull something with a quick, strong action",
"word": "tarraing"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "to pull something with a quick, strong action",
"word": "tirar de"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "to pull something with a quick, strong action",
"word": "dar un tirón"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "to pull something with a quick, strong action",
"word": "tironear"
},
{
"code": "uk",
"lang": "Ukrainian",
"roman": "smýkaty",
"sense": "to pull something with a quick, strong action",
"tags": [
"imperfective"
],
"word": "сми́кати"
},
{
"code": "uk",
"lang": "Ukrainian",
"roman": "smýknuty",
"sense": "to pull something with a quick, strong action",
"tags": [
"perfective"
],
"word": "сми́кнути"
},
{
"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "iztegljam",
"sense": "to remove from distribution",
"word": "изтеглям"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "to remove from distribution",
"word": "vetää pois markkinoilta"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "to remove from distribution",
"word": "retirer"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "to remove from distribution",
"word": "aus dem Verkehr ziehen"
},
{
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "to remove from distribution",
"word": "visszavon"
},
{
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "to remove from distribution",
"word": "bevon"
},
{
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "to remove from distribution",
"word": "megszüntet"
},
{
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "to remove from distribution",
"word": "töröl"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "to remove from distribution",
"word": "retirar"
}
],
"word": "yank"
}
{
"categories": [
"English countable nouns",
"English entries with incorrect language header",
"English lemmas",
"English nouns"
],
"etymology_number": 2,
"forms": [
{
"form": "yanks",
"tags": [
"plural"
]
}
],
"head_templates": [
{
"args": {},
"expansion": "yank (plural yanks)",
"name": "en-noun"
}
],
"lang": "English",
"lang_code": "en",
"pos": "noun",
"senses": [
{
"alt_of": [
{
"extra": "Yankee",
"word": "Yank"
}
],
"categories": [
"English derogatory terms"
],
"glosses": [
"Alternative letter-case form of Yank (“Yankee”)."
],
"links": [
[
"derogatory",
"derogatory"
],
[
"Yank",
"Yank#English"
],
[
"Yankee",
"Yankee"
]
],
"raw_glosses": [
"(often derogatory) Alternative letter-case form of Yank (“Yankee”)."
],
"tags": [
"alt-of",
"derogatory",
"often"
]
}
],
"word": "yank"
}
{
"categories": [
"Scots entries with incorrect language header",
"Scots lemmas",
"Scots nouns",
"Scots terms with unknown etymologies",
"Scots verbs"
],
"etymology_templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "sco"
},
"expansion": "Unknown",
"name": "unk"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "sco",
"2": "whang",
"3": "",
"4": "a blow"
},
"expansion": "whang (“a blow”)",
"name": "m"
}
],
"etymology_text": "Unknown; likely imitative. Compare whang (“a blow”).",
"forms": [
{
"form": "yanks",
"tags": [
"plural"
]
}
],
"head_templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "sco",
"10": "",
"2": "noun",
"3": "",
"4": "",
"5": "plural",
"6": "yanks",
"7": "",
"8": "",
"9": "",
"cat2": "",
"cat3": "",
"head": ""
},
"expansion": "yank (plural yanks)",
"name": "head"
},
{
"args": {},
"expansion": "yank (plural yanks)",
"name": "sco-noun"
}
],
"lang": "Scots",
"lang_code": "sco",
"pos": "noun",
"senses": [
{
"glosses": [
"a sudden tug, a jerk, a yank"
],
"links": [
[
"tug",
"tug"
],
[
"jerk",
"jerk"
]
]
},
{
"categories": [
"Scots terms with quotations"
],
"examples": [
{
"english": "I raised my fist and gave him a blow on the temple that made his little brass cap rattle against the wall.",
"ref": "1833, James Hogg, The Brownie of Bodsbeck, page 51",
"text": "I took up my neive an’ gae him a yank on the haffat till I gart his bit brass cap rattle against the wa’.",
"type": "quotation"
}
],
"glosses": [
"a blow, a slap"
],
"links": [
[
"blow",
"blow"
],
[
"slap",
"slap"
]
]
}
],
"word": "yank"
}
{
"categories": [
"Scots entries with incorrect language header",
"Scots lemmas",
"Scots nouns",
"Scots terms with unknown etymologies",
"Scots verbs"
],
"etymology_templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "sco"
},
"expansion": "Unknown",
"name": "unk"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "sco",
"2": "whang",
"3": "",
"4": "a blow"
},
"expansion": "whang (“a blow”)",
"name": "m"
}
],
"etymology_text": "Unknown; likely imitative. Compare whang (“a blow”).",
"forms": [
{
"form": "yanks",
"tags": [
"present",
"singular",
"third-person"
]
},
{
"form": "yankin",
"tags": [
"participle",
"present"
]
},
{
"form": "yankt",
"tags": [
"past"
]
},
{
"form": "yankt",
"tags": [
"participle",
"past"
]
}
],
"head_templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "sco",
"10": "yankt",
"2": "verbs",
"3": "third-person singular simple present",
"4": "yanks",
"5": "present participle",
"6": "yankin",
"7": "simple past",
"8": "yankt",
"9": "past participle",
"head": ""
},
"expansion": "yank (third-person singular simple present yanks, present participle yankin, simple past yankt, past participle yankt)",
"name": "head"
},
{
"args": {},
"expansion": "yank (third-person singular simple present yanks, present participle yankin, simple past yankt, past participle yankt)",
"name": "sco-verb"
}
],
"lang": "Scots",
"lang_code": "sco",
"pos": "verb",
"senses": [
{
"glosses": [
"to jerk, to pull suddenly"
],
"links": [
[
"jerk",
"jerk"
],
[
"pull",
"pull"
]
]
},
{
"glosses": [
"to move quickly or in a lively manner"
],
"links": [
[
"move",
"move"
],
[
"quickly",
"quickly"
],
[
"lively",
"lively"
]
]
}
],
"word": "yank"
}
This page is a part of the kaikki.org machine-readable All languages combined dictionary. This dictionary is based on structured data extracted on 2024-04-26 from the enwiktionary dump dated 2024-04-21 using wiktextract (93a6c53 and 21a9316). The data shown on this site has been post-processed and various details (e.g., extra categories) removed, some information disambiguated, and additional data merged from other sources. See the raw data download page for the unprocessed wiktextract data.
If you use this data in academic research, please cite Tatu Ylonen: Wiktextract: Wiktionary as Machine-Readable Structured Data, Proceedings of the 13th Conference on Language Resources and Evaluation (LREC), pp. 1317-1325, Marseille, 20-25 June 2022. Linking to the relevant page(s) under https://kaikki.org would also be greatly appreciated.