yanked

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yanked

/jæŋkt/
[jeɪŋkt]

Rhymes with -æŋkt

verb

participle, past simple past and past participle of yank

Thesaurus

Closest in meaning: jerk, northerner, yankee, new englander, fired, pulled, removed, walked, shoved, jerked, tossed, stripped, ripped, bumped, booted, snagged

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@misc{yanked_2026,
  title = {yanked},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/yanked},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}