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yank
English
Etymology 1
Attested since 1822; from Scots yank. Unknown origin.
Pronunciation
- enPR: y?ngk, IPA(key): /jæ?k/
- Rhymes: -æ?k
Noun
yank (plural yanks)
- A sudden, vigorous pull (sometimes defined as mass times jerk, or rate of change of force).
- (slang) A masturbation session.
- 2012, Bonnie Dee, Summer Devon, Serious Play (page 81)
- He rested his hand on his bare chest, an innocent enough spot, but soon it drifted of its own accord down his stomach to slide beneath the waistband of his briefs. Fine. A quick yank would relieve the sexual tension that simmered in him.
- 2012, Bonnie Dee, Summer Devon, Serious Play (page 81)
Synonyms
- (sudden, vigorous pull): jerk, tug
Translations
Verb
yank (third-person singular simple present yanks, present participle yanking, simple past and past participle yanked)
- (transitive) To pull (something) with a quick, strong action.
- 2015, Elizabeth Royte, Vultures Are Revolting. Here’s Why We Need to Save Them., National Geographic (December 2015)[1]
- Now a white-backed rams its head down the wildebeest’s throat and yanks out an eight-inch length of trachea, ribbed like a vacuum hose.
- 2015, Elizabeth Royte, Vultures Are Revolting. Here’s Why We Need to Save Them., National Geographic (December 2015)[1]
- (transitive, informal) To remove from distribution.
- They yanked the product as soon as they learned it was unsafe.
Synonyms
- (pull with a quick strong action): jerk, tug
- (remove from circulation): pull, recall
Derived terms
- yanker
- yank someone's chain
Translations
References
- Douglas Harper (2001–2021) , “yank”, in Online Etymology Dictionary
Etymology 2
Clipping of yankee
Noun
yank (plural yanks)
- (often derogatory) A Yankee.
Scots
Etymology
Unknown; likely imitative. Compare whang (“a blow”).
Noun
yank (plural yanks)
- a sudden tug, a jerk, a yank
- a blow, a slap
Verb
yank (third-person singular present yanks, present participle yankin, past yankt, past participle yankt)
- to jerk, to pull suddenly
- to move quickly or in a lively manner
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septic
English
Pronunciation
Etymology 1
From Ancient Greek ???????? (s?ptikós, “characterized by putridity”), from ?????? (s?ptós), from ?????? (s?pein).
Alternative forms
- septick (obsolete)
Adjective
septic (comparative more septic, superlative most septic)
- Of or pertaining to sepsis.
- Causing sepsis or putrefaction.
- Of or pertaining to sewage or the disposal of sewage.
- septic tank; septic system
Related terms
- antiseptic
- asepsis
- aseptic
- sepsis
- septic shock
- septic tank
- septicemia
- septicity
Translations
Noun
septic (plural septics)
- A substance that causes sepsis or putrefaction.
- 1750, John Pringle, Further Experiments on Substances Resisting Putrefaction, in 1809, Charles Hutton, George Shaw, Richard Pearson (editors), The Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society of London, Volume X: 1750—1755, page 86,
- But, in the prosecution of this subject, he had met with very few real septics; and found many substances, commonly accounted such, of a quite opposite nature.
- 1750, John Pringle, Further Experiments on Substances Resisting Putrefaction, in 1809, Charles Hutton, George Shaw, Richard Pearson (editors), The Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society of London, Volume X: 1750—1755, page 86,
- A septic tank; a system for the disposal of sewage into a septic tank, a septic system.
- 2008, Alexey Voinov, Systems Science and Modeling for Ecological Economics, page 244,
- The question is whether there are any spatial differences in how septics impact water quality, and whether these spatial variations should be considered when regulating septic improvement or removal.
- 2008, Alexey Voinov, Systems Science and Modeling for Ecological Economics, page 244,
Coordinate terms
(septic tank, septic system):
Related terms
Further reading
- septic in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
- septic in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.
- septic at OneLook Dictionary Search
Etymology 2
From Latin septem (“seven”).
Noun
septic (plural septics)
- (mathematics) A mathematical object (function, curve, surface, etc.) of degree seven.
- 2002, Ingrid C. Bauer, Fabrizio Catanese, Roberto Pignatelli, Canonical Rings of Surfaces Whose Canonical System has Base Points, Ingrid C. Bauer, et al. (editors) Complex Geometry: Collection of Papers Dedicated to Hans Grauert, page 66,
- Enriques states that it is possible to construct a family of septics with a singular curve of degree 7 and genus 4 having a triple point that degenerates to the above configuration […] .
- 2003, Antonio Campillo, Santiago Encinas, Two Dimensional Complete Ideals, Luchezar L. Avramov, et al. (editors), Commutative Algebra: Interactions with Algebraic Geometry: International Conference, page 71,
- Now consider the two septics C = U7i=1Ci, D = U7i=1Di and note that for i = 1,2,3,4,5,6 the lines Ci and Di are parallel, so that the intersection of two septics S' consists of 66[sic] + 6 + 1 = 43 points and it is the singular set of a foliation of degree 6.
- 2002, Ingrid C. Bauer, Fabrizio Catanese, Roberto Pignatelli, Canonical Rings of Surfaces Whose Canonical System has Base Points, Ingrid C. Bauer, et al. (editors) Complex Geometry: Collection of Papers Dedicated to Hans Grauert, page 66,
Adjective
septic (not comparable)
- (mathematics) Of the seventh degree or order.
Etymology 3
Short form of Australian rhyming slang septic tank (“Yank”).
Alternative forms
- Septic
Noun
septic (plural septics)
- (Britain, Australia, New Zealand, rhyming slang, derogatory) An American, a Yank.
- 2011, Roger Rees, Out of Calamity: Stories of Trauma Survivors, unnumbered page,
- “Didn?t enjoy the septics,” he says jokingly about the Americans.
- 2012, John Righten, The Benevolence of Rogues, page 97,
- “What?s the septics? Achilles heel?” I said using the slang septic tank, meaning Yank.
- 2011, Roger Rees, Out of Calamity: Stories of Trauma Survivors, unnumbered page,
Romanian
Etymology
From French septique
Adjective
septic m or n (feminine singular septic?, masculine plural septici, feminine and neuter plural septice)
- septic
Declension
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