Verb He yanked the door shut. She yanked on the dog's leash. Noun (1) had to give the shoe a good yank to get it off
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Verb
Rioters then tried to yank his gun from his holster.BostonGlobe.com, 22 July 2022 Rioters then tried to yank his gun from his holster. Andrew Jeong, Anchorage Daily News, 22 July 2022 But YouTube videos showing its systems placing cars in dangerous situations have drawn attention, including near head-on collisions with trucks and trains that require a driver to yank the steering wheel to avoid a crash. Russ Mitchellstaff Writer, Los Angeles Times, 5 Aug. 2022 JetBlue plans to yank seats out of Spirit's cabins to raise the service level to JetBlue's standards, spreading rising costs over fewer paying passengers per plane.WSJ, 2 Aug. 2022 There are models that inflate automatically when submerged rather than requiring you to yank a handle.al, 13 July 2022 Vader is too spent at this point to yank down a second ship, or something. Erik Kain, Forbes, 15 June 2022 Deciding what items to ban is a constant challenge for Amazon, which typically declines to yank products until public pressure threatens to dent its reputation.Fortune, 25 June 2022 Garlic mustard, the invasive plant that's popping up everywhere from roadsides to back yards to forests, is the scourge of Michigan environmentalists, who trek out every spring to yank out the plants by hand. Liliana Webb, Detroit Free Press, 1 June 2022
Noun
The little guy’s first outing on the Nintendo DS saw HAL grabbing the system’s experimental nature and giving it a solid yank.PCMAG, 25 Mar. 2022 Detailing is excellent for the price and includes a waterproof abdomen pocket with cable port for earphones and a locking slider for unzipping with just a quick yank on the lapel.Outside Online, 15 Aug. 2014 Backpacks embedded with something called JetForce Technology can inflate with 200-liter bladders to about seven times their size at the yank of a handle to help keep avalanche victims from being buried and suffocating beneath the snow.Outside Online, 11 Aug. 2014 Amazon is the focus of a push to curb ‘rank-and-yank’ worker ratings. Laura Blasey, Los Angeles Times, 11 Jan. 2022 Robbie wisely leans into the cartoonish aspects of the character, and Yan lets her voice-over yank the timeline out of order and splashes graphics on the screen to accompany her more exaggerated affect. James Grebey, Vulture, 6 Aug. 2021 His method is to push down the barb below the flesh, loop the shoestring around the hook and yank fast. John Goodspeed, San Antonio Express-News, 24 June 2021 Made from surgical grade stainless steel, the swooping design will not pull, tug, or yank at your lashes. Chris Hachey, BGR, 9 June 2021 The son figured out that by stretching PTFE with a sudden yank, the polymer expanded by 1,000 percent.The Salt Lake Tribune, 19 Sep. 2020 See More