"yank" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /jæŋk/ Audio: En-au-yank.ogg [Australia] Forms: yanks [plural]
enPR: yăngk Rhymes: -æŋk Etymology: Attested since 1822; from Scots yank. Unknown origin. Etymology templates: {{bor|en|sco|yank}} Scots yank, {{unk|en}} Unknown Head templates: {{en-noun}} yank (plural yanks)
  1. A sudden, vigorous pull (sometimes defined as mass times jerk, or rate of change of force). Synonyms (sudden, vigorous pull): jerk, tug Translations (A sudden, vigorous pull): рязко дръпване (rjazko drǎpvane) [neuter] (Bulgarian), estrebada [feminine] (Catalan), vetäisy (Finnish), kiskaisu (Finnish), riuhtaisu (Finnish), coup sec [masculine] (French), ნახტომი (naxṭomi) (Georgian), Ruck [masculine] (German), απότομο τράβηγμα (apótomo trávigma) [neuter] (Greek), کشش ناگهانی (Persian), puxão (Portuguese), рыво́к (ryvók) [masculine] (Russian), дёрганье (djórganʹje) [neuter] (Russian), tirón [masculine] (Spanish), ryck [neuter] (Swedish)
    Sense id: en-yank-en-noun-FH2ICpuh Disambiguation of 'sudden, vigorous pull': 99 1 Disambiguation of 'A sudden, vigorous pull': 99 1
  2. (slang) A masturbation session. Tags: slang
    Sense id: en-yank-en-noun-tTiYCxrZ
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: fap [slang]
Etymology number: 1

Noun

Forms: yanks [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} yank (plural yanks)
  1. (often derogatory) Alternative letter-case form of Yank (“Yankee”). Tags: alt-of, derogatory, often Alternative form of: Yank (extra: Yankee)
    Sense id: en-yank-en-noun-qnniAaDJ Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 8 23 49 6 14
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 2

Verb

IPA: /jæŋk/ Audio: En-au-yank.ogg [Australia] Forms: yanks [present, singular, third-person], yanking [participle, present], yanked [participle, past], yanked [past]
enPR: yăngk Rhymes: -æŋk Etymology: Attested since 1822; from Scots yank. Unknown origin. Etymology templates: {{bor|en|sco|yank}} Scots yank, {{unk|en}} Unknown Head templates: {{en-verb}} yank (third-person singular simple present yanks, present participle yanking, simple past and past participle yanked)
  1. (transitive) To pull (something) with a quick, strong action. Tags: transitive Synonyms (pull with a quick strong action): jerk, tug Translations (to pull something with a quick, strong action): dartmaq (Azerbaijani), дръпвам силно (drǎpvam silno) (Bulgarian), rukken (Dutch), een ruk geven (Dutch), sjorren (Dutch), vetäistä (Finnish), kiskaista (Finnish), riuhtoa (Finnish), riuhtaista (Finnish), tirer d’un coup sec (French), mit einem kurzem Ruck reißen (German), mit einem kurzem Ruck ziehen (German), mit einem kurzem Ruck zerren (German), ránt (Hungarian), kiránt (Hungarian), előránt (english: presenting it) (Hungarian), előkap (Hungarian), strappar via (Italian), 引っ張る (hipparu) (Japanese), haukume (Maori), înșfăca (Romanian), дёргать (djórgatʹ) (Russian), вырыва́ть (vyryvátʹ) (Russian), slaod (Scottish Gaelic), tarraing (Scottish Gaelic), tirar de (Spanish), dar un tirón (Spanish), tironear (Spanish), сми́кати (smýkaty) [imperfective] (Ukrainian), сми́кнути (smýknuty) [perfective] (Ukrainian)
    Sense id: en-yank-en-verb-UvACNffq Disambiguation of 'pull with a quick strong action': 100 0 Disambiguation of 'to pull something with a quick, strong action': 100 0
  2. (transitive, informal) To remove from distribution. Tags: informal, transitive Synonyms (remove from circulation): pull, recall Translations (to remove from distribution): изтеглям (iztegljam) (Bulgarian), vetää pois markkinoilta (Finnish), retirer (French), aus dem Verkehr ziehen (German), visszavon (Hungarian), bevon (Hungarian), megszüntet (Hungarian), töröl (Hungarian), retirar (Spanish)
    Sense id: en-yank-en-verb-HWBPPc5t Disambiguation of 'remove from circulation': 3 97 Disambiguation of 'to remove from distribution': 0 100
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: rank and yank, yank around, yanker, yank off, yank someone's chain
Etymology number: 1

Inflected forms

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          "sense": "A sudden, vigorous pull",
          "word": "puxão"
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          "roman": "ryvók",
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          "word": "рыво́к"
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          "ref": "2012, Bonnie Dee, Summer Devon, Serious Play, page 81",
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          "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",
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          "ref": "2016 October, Scott Dadich, quoting Barack Obama, “Barack Obama Talks AI, Robo Cars, and the Future of the World”, in Wired, →ISSN",
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          "sense": "to pull something with a quick, strong action",
          "word": "dartmaq"
        },
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          "_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"
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          "text": "They yanked the product as soon as they learned it was unsafe.",
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      "glosses": [
        "To remove from distribution."
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        "(transitive, informal) To remove from distribution."
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          "_dis1": "3 97",
          "sense": "remove from circulation",
          "word": "pull"
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        {
          "_dis1": "3 97",
          "sense": "remove from circulation",
          "word": "recall"
        }
      ],
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        "informal",
        "transitive"
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      "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"
        }
      ]
    }
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      "code": "ca",
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      "sense": "A sudden, vigorous pull",
      "tags": [
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      "code": "fi",
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      "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",
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      "code": "fr",
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      "sense": "A sudden, vigorous pull",
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      "word": "coup sec"
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      "code": "ka",
      "lang": "Georgian",
      "roman": "naxṭomi",
      "sense": "A sudden, vigorous pull",
      "word": "ნახტომი"
    },
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      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "A sudden, vigorous pull",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "Ruck"
    },
    {
      "code": "el",
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      "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"
    },
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      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "A sudden, vigorous pull",
      "word": "puxão"
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      "lang": "Russian",
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      ],
      "word": "рыво́к"
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      "sense": "A sudden, vigorous pull",
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      ],
      "word": "дёрганье"
    },
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      "code": "es",
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      "sense": "A sudden, vigorous pull",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "tirón"
    },
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      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "A sudden, vigorous pull",
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      "word": "ryck"
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          "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.",
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        },
        {
          "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.",
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        "(transitive) To pull (something) with a quick, strong action."
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        "To remove from distribution."
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        "(transitive, informal) To remove from distribution."
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      "sense": "pull with a quick strong action",
      "word": "jerk"
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      "sense": "pull with a quick strong action",
      "word": "tug"
    },
    {
      "sense": "remove from circulation",
      "word": "pull"
    },
    {
      "sense": "remove from circulation",
      "word": "recall"
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      "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"
}

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  "pos": "noun",
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          "word": "Yank"
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        "English derogatory terms"
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        "Alternative letter-case form of Yank (“Yankee”)."
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        "(often derogatory) Alternative letter-case form of Yank (“Yankee”)."
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}

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