yank at



yank at someone or something

to pull or tug at someone or something. Please don't yank at the drapery cord. Stop yanking at me!
See also: yank

Common Names:

NameGenderPronouncedUsage
Pradeep-Indian, Hindi, Marathi, Bengali, Malayalam, Kannada, Telugu, Tamil, Nepali
Terezate-REZ-ah (Romanian)Czech, Portuguese (Brazilian), Bulgarian, Romanian
Raya-Bulgarian
PhilomelFIL-ə-mel (English)Literature
Oliviero-lee-VYE (French), O-lee-veer (Dutch)French, Dutch
RogerRAH-jər (English), ro-ZHE (French)English, French, Catalan, Swedish, Norwegian, Danish, German, Dutch