Meaning & use
Yanking
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Pulling something suddenly and forcefully.
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He was yanking on the stuck drawer until it finally came loose.
She yanked the weeds out of the garden bed one by one.
A note on using this word
Likely originated in Scots or Northern English dialect before becoming standard in American English for a sharp, sudden pull.
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