5 definitions found
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Yank \Yank\, n. [Cf. Scot. yank a sudden and severe blow.]
A jerk or twitch. [Colloq. U. S.]
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Yank \Yank\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Yanked}; p. pr & vb n.
{Yanking}.]
To twitch; to jerk. [Colloq. U. S.]
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Yank \Yank\, n.
An abbreviation of {Yankee}. [Slang]
From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]:
Yank
n 1: an American who lives in the North (especially during the
American Civil War) [syn: {Yankee}, {Yank}, {Northerner}]
2: an American who lives in New England [syn: {New Englander},
{Yankee}, {Yank}]
3: an American [syn: {Yankee}, {Yank}, {Yankee-Doddle}]
v : pull or move with a sudden movement: "Shayne turned the
handle and jerked the door open.." [syn: {jerk}]
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (13 Mar 01) [foldoc]:
yank
(From the colloquial meaning "to pull suddenly") To
insert a copy of some saved text at the current position in a
document being edited.
The term is used in the {Unix} {text editors} {GNU Emacs} and
{vi} but "{paste}" is more common elsewhere.
[Used elsewhere?]
(1998-07-01)
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