yank on



yank on something

to pull or tug on something. Don't yank on my hair! Yank on this rope to send a signal to the worker on the floor above.
See also: on, yank

Common Names:

NameGenderPronouncedUsage
Bernardetta-Italian
Catherinakath-ə-REE-nə, kə-THREE-nəEnglish (Rare)
Tenney-Medieval English
StaŠA-Serbian, Slovene, Croatian
TheoTHEE-o (English), TAY-o (Dutch)English, Dutch
Johannayo-HAH-nah (German), yo-HAHN-nah (Danish, Dutch), YO-hahn-nah (Finnish)German, Swedish, Norwegian, Danish, Dutch, Hungarian, Finnish, Estonian, English, Late Roman