Hypertext Webster Gateway: "yanked"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Yank \Yank\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Yanked}; p. pr. & vb. n.
{Yanking}.]
To twitch; to jerk. [Colloq. U. S.]
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