Usually means: Pulled suddenly with considerable force.
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General (12 matching dictionaries)
  1. yanked: Merriam-Webster
  2. yanked: Collins English Dictionary
  3. yanked: Vocabulary.com
  4. Yanked, yanked: Wordnik
  5. yanked: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  6. yanked: Wiktionary
  7. yanked: Dictionary.com
  8. yanked: Cambridge Essential American English Dictionary
  9. Yanked: Online Plain Text English Dictionary
  10. Yanked: AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary
  11. yanked: FreeDictionary.org
  12. yanked: TheFreeDictionary.com

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  1. yanked: Encyclopedia

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  1. yanked: Idioms

Slang (1 matching dictionary)
  1. yanked: Urban Dictionary

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Definitions from Wiktionary (yank)

noun:  A sudden, vigorous pull (sometimes defined as mass times jerk, or rate of change of force).
noun:  (slang) A masturbation session.
verb:  (transitive) To pull (something) with a quick, strong action.
verb:  (transitive, informal) To remove from distribution.
noun:  (US) A Yankee, a Northerner: someone from the Northern United States, especially from New England.
noun:  (slang, Australia, New Zealand, Ireland, Canada, UK, sometimes derogatory, by extension) An American: someone from the United States.
noun:  (slang, MLE) alternative form of shank (“stabbing weapon”) [The part of the leg between the knee and the ankle.]
noun:  (often derogatory) Alternative letter-case form of Yank (“Yankee”). [(US) A Yankee, a Northerner: someone from the Northern United States, especially from New England.]
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