Meaning & use
Yanked
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Pulled with a sudden, sharp movement.
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He yanked the stuck drawer open with both hands.
The coach yanked the struggling pitcher from the game in the fifth inning.
A note on using this word
'Yank' likely originated in 18th-century American English and is unrelated in origin to 'Yankee', despite the similar spelling.
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