" yank "

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1: N. V.

  * e.g.,  ... Englishman: You know, I usually hate yanks but you're alright 

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2: 1)American.

  * e.g.,  ... American: No, you don't hate americans, you hate the economical and political attitude of the USA to the rest of the world. 

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3: 2)To pull violently

  * e.g.,  ... Englishman: (surprised) Never thought of it like that...Want a pint? 

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4: 1) Originally used by southern americans as slang for northern americans during the american civil war. Now used by the other English speaking nationalities to mean American.

  * e.g.,  ... American: A whole one?!? 

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5: 2) To exert sudden force on an object towards oneself.

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1: A word used by Brits, Aussies, and various others to refer to Americans. Connotation can range from affectionate to pejorative. Often associated with tired stereotypes of Americans being, of course, fat and stupid people who all drive Hummers and love George Bush (all 32% of us!) and can't locate the planet Earth on a map.

  * e.g.,  ... Chav on bus: Oy, mate! D'yeh think 'at fatty what jus' got on is a yank, like?  

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2: Ironically, within the States, the term is used by the people who best fit said stereotype as a pejorative term for educated, left-leaning urban Northerners.

  * e.g.,  ... University student next to him: It's probably hard for someone who's never left Essex to understand, but...oh, nevermind. I like those Burbory shoelaces in your trainers. 

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1: simple really..

  * e.g.,  ... that man is from america.. he is a yank 

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2: a word used to describe american people

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1: To be a yankee from the North as opposed to a Confederate from the South during the American Civil War.

  * e.g.,  ... In The Past..... 

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2: Now just mean's an American.

  * e.g.,  ... Southerner: "I'll get y'all yo' damn, yankee." 

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1: To tug on something.

  * e.g.,  ... Yank on this line, sailor. 

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1: to grab aggressively

  * e.g.,  ... "yo bitch, stick your head outta that window so i can yank you out and beat your ass!" 

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1: Short for Yankee, someone from the N.E. United States (mainly New England).

  * e.g.,  ... I met a Yank from Connecticut. 

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1:  a person from or living in the United States, a US

  * e.g.,  ... Just because I am a yank does not mean I am fat, stupid or any other of those stupid generalizations about us. 

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2:  citizen

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3:  to vicimize or harass someone

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1: An American. A person from America, originally a colony created by England set up on land they stole from the native Americans.

  * e.g.,  ... The Nazis are bombing London, Mr. Churchill! Where are those yanks when you need them? 

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1: Me. I don't mind being called a Yank, since us Yankees winning the American Civil War and keeping the country together (no thanks to the British) is part of my family's heritage. Thanks for reminding me. I don't particularly mind being called fat and stupid either, because I'm not. So go right ahead. I get my news on the internet from various sources, making sure to check the left and the right, and I don't watch TV, so go ahead and call me ignorant or brainwashed or whatever. Oh, I'm racist redneck, too. So racist that my best friend is asian american and another of my close friends is from Singapore. I guess I am a bit of a redneck, though, I like to fix my own car when I can and generally be self-reliant.

  * e.g.,  ... America hater: I hate America! You are all a bunch of nationalist bigots! 

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2: I'm an American and I love my country. If you can accept that, I have nothing against you. If not, you can go fuck yourself, because in the end, it just doesn't matter if you hate America. Doesn't matter at all.

  * e.g.,  ... Me: *shakes head at the irony of it*