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yank

/yangk/US // yæŋk //UK // (jæŋk) //

扬州,扬长避短,扬子,扬长而去

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Definitions

  1. 1
    • : to pull or remove abruptly and vigorously: Yank down on the bell rope. He was yanked out of school.
n.名词 noun
  1. 1
    • : an abrupt, vigorous pull; jerk.

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Examples

  • The book, edited by former Yank magazine art director Art Weithas, featured visual art from the war and was a best seller.

  • A caveat: the networks have been known to yank a few before they even make it on the air.

  • Fleet Street commentary at the time described him as the “pushy Yank” who became a celebrity out of sheer force of personality.

  • It was simply, we don't like this piece of art, so we are going to yank your city funding.

  • But let's give Lapid the benefit of the doubt, at least before we yank it back.

  • "I'll bet yo 'un a hoss I ken put a ball through that Yank's heart at fifty paces," he roared.

  • "Never teched the Yank or tree, either," and he kicked up his heels like a young colt.

  • Chief of the Yank-ton band, and principal orator of the nation; his body curiously tattooed.

  • I'm a good enough Yank to see if your dinky police is such an all-fired cute little bunch of wonder-workers as you say!

  • “I reckon the ‘Little Yank’ has called your death sentence, pardner,” said one of the Confederates, roughly.