Synonyms of the word yank


YANKDRAW - FORCE - JERK - PULL

yank

  • n. A sudden, vigorous pull (sometimes defined as mass times jerk, or rate of change of force).
  • n. (slang) A masturbation session.
  • v. (transitive) To pull something with a quick, strong action.
  • v. (transitive) To remove from distribution.
  • n. (often derogatory) A yankee.

draw

  • v. (heading) To move or develop something.
  • v. (heading) To exert or experience force.
  • v. (heading, fluidic) To remove or separate or displace.
  • v. (heading) To change in size or shape.
  • v. (heading) To attract or be attracted.
  • v. (Usually as draw on or draw upon): to rely on; utilize as a source.
  • v. To disembowel.
  • v. (transitive or intransitive) To end a game in a draw (with neither side winning).
  • v. A random selection process.
  • v. (curling) To make a shot that lands in the house without hitting another stone.
  • v. (cricket) To play (a short-length ball directed at the leg stump) with an inclined bat so as to deflect…
  • v. (golf) To hit (the ball) with the toe of the club so that it is deflected toward the left.
  • v. (billiards) To strike (the cue ball) below the center so as to give it a backward rotation which causes…
  • n. The result of a contest in which neither side has won; a tie.
  • n. The procedure by which the result of a lottery is determined.
  • n. Something that attracts e.g. a crowd.
  • n. (cricket) The result of a two-innings match in which at least one side did not complete all their innings…
  • n. (golf) A golf shot that (for the right-handed player) curves intentionally to the left. See hook, slice,…
  • n. (curling) A shot that lands in the house without hitting another stone.
  • n. (geography) A dry stream bed that drains surface water only during periods of heavy rain or flooding.
  • n. (colloquial) Cannabis.
  • n. In a commission-based job, an advance on future (potential) commissions given to an employee by the employer.
  • n. (poker) A situation in which one or more players has four cards of the same suit or four out of five necessary…
  • n. (archery) The act of pulling back the strings in preparation of firing.
  • n. (sports) The spin or twist imparted to a ball etc. by a drawing stroke.

force

  • n. Strength or energy of body or mind; active power; vigour; might; capacity of exercising an influence or…
  • n. Power exerted against will or consent; compulsory power; violence; coercion.
  • n. (countable) Anything that is able to make a big change in a person or thing.
  • n. (countable, physics) A physical quantity that denotes ability to push, pull, twist or accelerate a body…
  • n. Something or anything that has the power to produce an effect upon something else.
  • n. (countable) A group that aims to attack, control, or constrain.
  • n. (uncountable) The ability to attack, control, or constrain.
  • n. (countable) A magic trick in which the outcome is known to the magician beforehand, especially one involving…
  • n. (law) Legal validity.
  • n. (law) Either unlawful violence, as in a "forced entry", or lawful compulsion.
  • n. (linguistics, semantics, pragmatics) Ability of an utterance or its element (word, form, prosody, …) to…
  • n. (science fiction) A binding, metaphysical, and ubiquitous power in the fictional universe of the Star…
  • v. (transitive) To violate (a woman); to rape.
  • v. (obsolete, reflexive, intransitive) To exert oneself, to do one's utmost.
  • v. (transitive) To compel (someone or something) to do something.
  • v. (transitive) To constrain by force; to overcome the limitations or resistance of.
  • v. (transitive) To drive (something) by force, to propel (generally + prepositional phrase or adverb).
  • v. (transitive) To cause to occur (despite inertia, resistance etc.); to produce through force.
  • v. (transitive) To forcibly open (a door, lock etc.).
  • v. To obtain or win by strength; to take by violence or struggle; specifically, to capture by assault; to…
  • v. (transitive, baseball) To create an out by touching a base in advance of a runner who has no base to return…
  • v. (whist) To compel (an adversary or partner) to trump a trick by leading a suit that he/she does not hold.
  • v. (archaic) To put in force; to cause to be executed; to make binding; to enforce.
  • v. (archaic) To provide with forces; to reinforce; to strengthen by soldiers; to man; to garrison.
  • v. (obsolete) To allow the force of; to value; to care for.
  • n. (countable, Northern England) A waterfall or cascade.
  • v. To stuff; to lard; to farce.

jerk

  • n. A sudden, often uncontrolled movement, especially of the body.
  • n. A quick, often unpleasant tug or shake.
  • n. (US, slang, pejorative) A dull or stupid person.
  • n. (US, slang, pejorative) A person with unlikable or obnoxious qualities and behavior, typically mean, self-centered,…
  • n. (physics, engineering) The rate of change in acceleration with respect to time.
  • n. (obsolete) A soda jerk.
  • n. (weightlifting) A lift in which the weight is taken with a quick motion from shoulder height to a position…
  • v. (intransitive) To make a sudden uncontrolled movement.
  • v. (transitive) To give a quick, often unpleasant tug or shake.
  • v. (US, slang, vulgar) To masturbate.
  • v. (obsolete) To beat, to hit.
  • v. (obsolete) To throw with a quick and suddenly arrested motion of the hand.
  • v. (usually transitive, weightlifting) To lift using a jerk.
  • v. (obsolete) To flout with contempt.
  • n. (Caribbean) A rich, spicy Jamaican marinade.
  • n. (Caribbean) Meat cured by jerking; charqui.
  • v. To cure (meat) by cutting it into strips and drying it, originally in the sun.

pull

  • interj. (sports) Command used by a target shooter to request that the target be released/launched.
  • n. An act of pulling (applying force).
  • n. An attractive force which causes motion towards the source.
  • n. Any device meant to be pulled, as a lever, knob, handle, or rope.
  • n. (slang, dated) Something in one's favour in a comparison or a contest; an advantage; means of influencing.
  • n. Appeal or attraction (as of a movie star).
  • n. (Internet, uncountable) The situation where a client sends out a request for data from a server, as in…
  • n. A journey made by rowing.
  • n. (dated) A contest; a struggle.
  • n. (obsolete, poetic) Loss or violence suffered.
  • n. (slang) The act of drinking.
  • n. (cricket) A kind of stroke by which a leg ball is sent to the off side, or an off ball to the side.
  • n. (golf) A mishit shot which travels in a straight line and (for a right-handed player) left of the intended…
  • v. (transitive, intransitive) To apply a force to (an object) so that it comes toward the person or thing…
  • v. To gather with the hand, or by drawing toward oneself; to pluck.
  • v. To attract or net; to pull in.
  • v. To draw apart; to tear; to rend.
  • v. (transitive, intransitive, Britain, Ireland, slang) To persuade (someone) to have sex with one.
  • v. (transitive) To remove (something), especially from public circulation or availability.
  • v. (transitive, informal) To do or perform.
  • v. (transitive) To retrieve or generate for use.
  • v. To toss a frisbee with the intention of launching the disc across the length of a field.
  • v. (intransitive) To row.
  • v. (transitive) To strain (a muscle, tendon, ligament, etc.).
  • v. (video games, transitive, intransitive) To draw (a hostile non-player character) into combat, or toward…
  • v. To score a certain amount of points in a sport.
  • v. (horse-racing) To hold back, and so prevent from winning.
  • v. (printing, dated) To take or make (a proof or impression); so called because hand presses were worked…
  • v. (cricket, golf) To strike the ball in a particular manner. (See noun sense.).
  • v. (Britain) To draw beer from a pump, keg, or other source.
  • v. (rail transportation, US, of a railroad car) To pull out from a yard or station; to leave.

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