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A sharp pull with no patience for gradual, and slang for an American.
means To pull something suddenly and forcefully, or informally to refer to a person from the United States.
from The verb's roots are murky, surfacing in 1800s Scotland for a sudden tug; the American sense shortens Yankee, a colonial nickname of disputed Dutch origin.
Brit shorthandYank long preceded American as casual slang.
Sudden by natureA yank is always abrupt, never gentle.
Yankee linkPossibly from Dutch Janke, a diminutive of Jan.