[1] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

yank \yank\, v. t. imp.  p. p. yanked; p. pr.  vb. n.
   yanking.
   to twitch; to jerk. colloq. u. s.
   1913 webster
see also:
yanked yanking 

[2] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

yank \yank\, n.
   an abbreviation of yankee. slang
   1913 webster
see also:
yankee 

[3] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

yank \yank\, n. cf. scot. yank a sudden and severe blow.
   a jerk or twitch. colloq. u. s.
   1913 webster

[4] : WordNet (r) 2.0

yank
     n 1: an american who lives in the north especially during the
          american civil war syn: yankee, northerner
     2: an american who lives in new england syn: new englander,
        yankee
     3: an american syn: yankee, yankee-doodle
     v : pull, or move with a sudden movement; "he turned the handle
         and jerked the door open" syn: jerk
see also:
yankee northerner new englander yankee-doodle jerk 

[5] : Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0

33 moby thesaurus words for "yank":
   bob, clutch, evulse, flick, flip, flirt, flounce, grab, hitch,
   jerk, jig, jigger, jigget, jiggle, jog, joggle, jolt, lug, lurch,
   pluck, pull, snake, snap, snatch, start, sudden pull, tear, tug,
   tweak, twitch, vellicate, wrench, yerk

[6] : The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (27 SEP 03)

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
     
     
see also:
unix text editors gnu emacs vi paste 

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