nnoun.personan American who lives in the North (especially during the American Civil War)Region:AmericaU.S.U.S.A.USUSAUnited StatesUnited States of Americathe States
Synset:Northerner Yank Yankee
Derivationally Related Form:Yankee
Member Holonyms:North
Hypernyms:American
Inherited Hypernyms:yankeeamericaninhabitantpersoncausal agentphysical entityentity
Inherited Hypernyms:yankeeamericaninhabitantpersonorganismliving thingwholeobjectphysical entityentity
Direct Hyponyms:FederalFederal soldierUnion soldier
nnoun.personan American (especially to non-Americans)Synset:Yank Yankee Yankee-Doodle
Hypernyms:American
Inherited Hypernyms:yankeeamericaninhabitantpersoncausal agentphysical entityentity
Inherited Hypernyms:yankeeamericaninhabitantpersonorganismliving thingwholeobjectphysical entityentity
vverb.contactpull, or move with a sudden movementSynset:jerk
Examples:- He turned the handle and jerked the door open
Derivationally Related Form:yankerjerkjerker
Hypernyms:draw pull
Inherited Hypernyms:yankpullmove
Sentence Frame:Somebody ---s something | Somebody ---s something PP