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yank informal
verb
Gilbert yanked open the door to the office:
jerk, pull, tug, wrench, heave, haul, drag, tweak, twitch, pluck, snatch, seize, rip, tear, whisk, jolt, force;
informal whip.
noun
she gave his hat a sharp yank:
jerk, pull, tug, jolt, wrench, heave, tweak, twitch.
yank Oxford Dictionary of English