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- English Word Yank Definition To twitch; to jerk.
- English Word Yank Definition An abbreviation of Yankee.
- English Word Yanked Definition of Yank
- English Word Yankee Definition A nickname for a native or citizen of New England, especially one descended from old New England stock; by extension, an inhabitant of the Northern States as distinguished from a Southerner; also, applied sometimes by foreigners to any inhabitant of the United States.
- English Word Yankee Definition Of or pertaining to a Yankee; characteristic of the Yankees.
- English Word Yankee-Doodle Definition The name of a tune adopted popularly as one of the national airs of the United States.
- English Word Yankee-Doodle Definition Humorously, a Yankee.
- English Word Yankeeism Definition A Yankee idiom, word, custom, or the like.
- English Word Yanking Definition of Yank
- English Word Yaourt Definition A fermented drink, or milk beer, made by the Turks.
- English Word Yap Definition To bark; to yelp.
- English Word Yap Definition A bark; a yelp.
- English Word Yapock Definition A South American aquatic opossum (Chironectes variegatus) found in Guiana and Brazil. Its hind feet are webbed, and its fore feet do not have an opposable thumb for climbing. Called also water opossum.
- English Word Yapon Definition Same as Yaupon.
- English Word Yarage Definition The power of moving, or being managed, at sea; -- said with reference to a ship.
- English Word Yard Definition An inclosure; usually, a small inclosed place in front of, or around, a house or barn; as, a courtyard; a cowyard; a barnyard.
- English Word Yard Definition To confine (cattle) to the yard; to shut up, or keep, in a yard; as, to yard cows.
- English Word Yard Definition An inclosure within which any work or business is carried on; as, a dockyard; a shipyard.
- English Word Yard Definition A long piece of timber, nearly cylindrical, tapering toward the ends, and designed to support and extend a square sail. A yard is usually hung by the center to the mast. See Illust. of Ship.
- English Word Yard Definition A measure of length, equaling three feet, or thirty-six inches, being the standard of English and American measure.