See yank on Wiktionary
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"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"
}
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"extra": "Yankee",
"word": "Yank"
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"tags": [
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}
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"glosses": [
"a sudden tug, a jerk, a yank"
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"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": "quote"
}
],
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"a blow, a slap"
],
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],
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"slap",
"slap"
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]
}
],
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}
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},
{
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"form": "yankt",
"tags": [
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},
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"glosses": [
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"glosses": [
"to move quickly or in a lively manner"
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"links": [
[
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],
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"quickly",
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}
],
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}
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