"to pull, jerk," 1822, Scottish, of unknown origin. Related: Yanked; yanking. The noun is 1818 in sense of "sudden blow, cuff;" 1856 (American English) as "a sudden pull."
Yank (n.)
abbreviated form of Yankee, 1778.
权威例句
1. Grabbing his ponytail, Shirley gave it a yank.
雪莉抓住他的马尾辫,猛地一拽。
2. He tried to yank his mind back out of fantasy.
他试图将思绪从想入非非的幻梦中拉回.
3. She gave the rope a yank.
她猛拉了一下绳子.
4. How do you know he won't wake up when you yank that thing out?
你敢保证当你拔出那东西的时候他不会醒?
5. Just a little twirl here and a yank there and – Voiolay!