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YANKING
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Classic
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Big
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Super Big
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YANKING is a valid 7-letter Boggle word. It's listed in all three major word lists — TWL06, SOWPODS, and ENABLE1. It scores 5 in Classic, 5 in Big, and 5 in Super Big Boggle.
YANKING root YANK-ing
Word family
noun
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A sudden, vigorous pull (sometimes defined as mass times jerk, or rate of change of force).
- He unjammed the rope with a short yank.
- slangAn act of masturbation.
- alternativeslangAlternative form of shank (“stabbing weapon”).
- derogatoryoftenAlternative letter-case form of Yank (“Yankee”).
verb
- transitiveTo pull (something) with a quick, strong action.
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informaltransitiveTo remove; to recall or revoke.
- They yanked the product as soon as they learned it was unsafe.
- The cops yanked my driver's license.
- ambitransitiveslangTo masturbate.