Yank

Examples

• All

• Didn't your wife leave you for a Yank?

  See How They Run (2022)

• Clever buggers, these yanks, eh?

  Crocodile Dundee in Los Angeles (2001)

• - I learned it from a yank.

  Backlash (1956)

• The young and old singers all call Fish "Yank" when they see him in bars or on the road.

  Fiction book (1992)

• As you Yanks say, "He went out like a light."

  Mank (2020)

• That's mighty polite of you, Yank, to thank me.

  The Red Badge of Courage (1951)

• I know how huffy you Yanks get when we don't let you win.

  Hurricane (2018)

• He's tough, your Yank.

  Ronin (1998)

• Well, you yanks and your therapy, it's a load of touchy-feely mumbo jumbo.

  The Wedding Date (2005)

• While traveling in London, I met a friendly Yank who gave me great tips on sightseeing.

Synonyms

A

American

vsYank

∞ 1.0

A person who is a citizen or native of the United States

is informal and used especially by outsiders rather than legal status

Y

Yankee-Doodle

vsYank

• Offensive

1 9.6

A person from the United States who people from other countries often call jokingly or rudely

is informal but less humorous and less mocking in tone

A

americano

vsYank

• Informal

1 8.1

A person from the United States or from another country in the Americas

is limited to people from the United States rather than the whole Americas

Y

Yankee

vsYank

• Informal

5.5

A person from the United States, especially as called by people outside that country

is chiefly informal and used mainly by people outside the country

Idioms

Y

to yank someone's chain

• Informal

1 8.7

Tease someone to make them react

Surface Forms

Etymology