yanking
present participle ofyank
yank
verb
uk/jæŋk/us/jæŋk/[Tusually+ adv/prep]informal
topullsomethingforcefullywith aquickmovement:
Hetrippedover thecordand yanked theplugout.
She yankedopenthecupboarddoorand everythingfellout.
to pull something
- pullPull your chair over here so you can see the screen.
- dragShe dragged the canoe down to the water.
- haulThey hauled the boat out of the water.
- towYou shouldn't drive fast when your car is towing a trailer.
- yankShe marched to the door and yanked it open.
- wrenchThe phone had been wrenched from the wall.
[Toften passive]mainlyUSinformal
tosuddenlyremovesomeone or something:
I was yankedout ofschoolandforcedto go towork.
Pulling
- draft
- drag
- draught
- drawsomethingup
- haul
- heave
- heave-ho
- heft
- hitchsomethingup
- pluck
- reel
- reelsomethingin/out
- retract
- retractable
- suck
- tow
- tow-away
- trail
- twitch
- yank
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In English, many past and present participles of verbs can be used as adjectives. Some of these examples may show the adjective use.
The equations for the trace, evenyanking, are built into the syntax of the nets.
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In particular, we can prove the generalisedyankingproperty.
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They were alwaysyankingoff my glasses and pulling out tufts of hair, which was very, very painful.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.After the carrier became detached from the passenger cab, the semi-truck came to a stopyankingthe carrier from the cab.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.Yankingout the bristles may result in leaving one or more 20-30 micrometre sized barbs in the skin, later to be manifest by granuloma formation.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.That corresponds to theyanking.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.Two contestants grab the rope and attempt to force the rope out of the opponent's hands by way ofyanking, pulling, twisting, throwing, or otherwise ripping the rope out.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.Sylvester hooks a passing speedboat, forciblyyankinghim into the water.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.The young penguins look back and laugh to see heryankingat the door and then trying to squeeze through the window to get back in.
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- misguided
- misguided attempt
- misguidedly
- misguided policy
- mishandle
- mishandled
- mishandling
- mishap
- mishear
- mishit
- mishmash
- misidentification
- misidentify
- misinform
- misinformation
- misinformed
- misinforming
- misinterpret
- misinterpretation
- misinterpreted
- misinterpreting
- misjudge
- misjudged
- misjudging
- misjudgment