yank

noun3

1. •
   A sudden, vigorous pull (sometimes defined as mass times jerk, or rate of change of force).

   • He unjammed the rope with a short yank.
2. •
   (slang) An act of masturbation.
3. •
   The rate of change in force with respect to time.

verb3

1. •
   To pull (something) with a quick, strong action.

   • 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
2. •
   (informal) To remove; to recall or revoke.

   • They yanked the product as soon as they learned it was unsafe.
   • The cops yanked my driver's license.
3. •
   (slang, vulgar) To masturbate.

noun5

1. •
   A native or inhabitant of some part of the United States.
2. •
   (US) Someone from the northern United States.

   • Halt! come down there, you Yanks, come down! — 1865
3. •
   (US) One from New England.
4. •
   (US, historical) Someone on the Union side.
5. •
   (slang, disapproving) Someone from the United States.

   • “This time,” he General Alphonse-Pierre Juin] told the Yanks, “you have not crossed to win new victories but to preserve peace. […]” — 1951