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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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wrench
English
Alternative forms
- (15th century): wrenche; (15th century): wrinche; (16th century): wringe
Pronunciation
- (Received Pronunciation, General American) enPR: r?nch IPA(key): /??nt????/
- Rhymes: -?nt?
Etymology 1
From Middle English wrench, from Old English wren?, from Proto-Germanic *wrankiz (“a turning, twisting”). Compare German Rank (“plot, intrigue”).
Noun
wrench (plural wrenches)
- A movement that twists or pulls violently; a tug. [from 16th c.]
- 1897, Bram Stoker, Dracula Chapter 21
- With a wrench, which threw his victim back upon the bed as though hurled from a height, he turned and sprang at us.
- 1897, Bram Stoker, Dracula Chapter 21
- An injury caused by a violent twisting or pulling of a limb; strain, sprain. [from 16th c.]
- (obsolete) A trick or artifice. [from 8th c.]
- c. 1210, MS. Cotton Caligula A IX f.246
- Mon mai longe liues wene; / Ac ofte him liedh the wrench.
- c. 1210, MS. Cotton Caligula A IX f.246
- (obsolete) Deceit; guile; treachery. [from 13th c.]
- (obsolete) A turn at an acute angle. [from 16th c.]
- (archaic) A winch or windlass. [from 16th c.]
- (obsolete) A screw. [from 16th c.]
- A distorting change from the original meaning. [from 17th c.]
- (US) A hand tool for making rotational adjustments, such as fitting nuts and bolts, or fitting pipes; a spanner. [from 18th c.]
- (Britain) An adjustable spanner used by plumbers.
- A violent emotional change caused by separation. [from 19th c.]
- (physics) In screw theory, a screw assembled from force and torque vectors arising from application of Newton's laws to a rigid body. [from 19th c.]
- (obsolete) means; contrivance
- But weighing one thing with another he gave Britain for lost; but resolved to make his profit of this business of Britain, as a quarrel for war; and that of Naples, as a wrench and mean for peace
- In coursing, the act of bringing the hare round at less than a right angle, worth half a point in the recognised code of points for judging.
Synonyms
- (tool): spanner (UK, Australia)
Derived terms
Translations
Etymology 2
From Middle English wrenchen, from Old English wren?an, from Proto-Germanic *wrankijan?. Compare German renken.
Verb
wrench (third-person singular simple present wrenches, present participle wrenching, simple past and past participle wrenched)
- (intransitive, obsolete) To violently move in a turn or writhe. [from 11th c.]
- (transitive) To pull or twist violently. [from 13th c.]
- (transitive, obsolete) To turn aside or deflect. [from 13th c.]
- (transitive, obsolete) To slander. [from 14th c.]
- (transitive, obsolete) To tighten with or as if with a winch. [from 16th c.]
- (transitive) To injure (a joint) by pulling or twisting. [from 16th c.]
- (transitive) To distort from the original meaning. [from 16th c.]
- (transitive, obsolete) To thrust a weapon in a twisting motion. [from 16th c.]
- (intransitive, fencing, obsolete) To disarm an opponent by whirling his or her blade away. [from 18th c.]
- (transitive) To rack with pain. [from 18th c.]
- (transitive) To deprive by means of a violent pull or twist. [from 18th c.]
- (transitive) To use the tool known as a wrench. [from 19th c.]
Translations
Further reading
- wrench on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
- Wrench on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons
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