yank


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

2. to vicimize or harass someone
Just because I am a yank does not mean I am fat, stupid or any other of those stupid generalizations about us.
by The Return of Light Joker October 26, 2007
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An American. A person from America, originally a colony created by England set up on land they stole from the native Americans.
The Nazis are bombing London, Mr. Churchill! Where are those yanks when you need them?
by Christopher LaRock July 27, 2003
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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.

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.
America hater: I hate America! You are all a bunch of nationalist bigots!

Me: *shakes head at the irony of it*
by SalientAlien July 03, 2005
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(verb) to leave abruptly; to leave a situation in a hurry

(noun) Coffee; cocaine; energy drink
Its been fun, but I think its time to make moves and yank.
He came by and dropped off the materials for tonight's project, and then just yanked.

(noun)Its Friday night, we should get some girls to cooperate, a case of beer and a sack of yank.
by roachgnarly November 23, 2013
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an archiac and insulting word that people from other countries use to describe americans.
"hey, that makes u a yank."

"eat shit fuckhead."
by a February 13, 2004
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A bastardized abbreviation of the word "yankee", it originally denoted a person of New England heritage. It then was used by people from the southern United States to refer to people from the northern U.S. in general. Today, this abbreviated slang term is used mostly by people from foreign anglophone countries to refer to Americans in general, even though it is a term which ONLY defines somebody from New England (and is a phrase that most true yankees take pride in), but most Europeans are probably too ignorant, jealous, and stupid to care anyway.

Most rational people would tell them to get a reality check, but I, personally speaking of course, would tell them to get a bar of soap first, because lack of hygiene seems to be more of a pressing issue with these people than lack of intelligence (though it's a pretty close call).
Hey, look at that guy! He's cheerful, smells like he has taken a shower within the past month, and is wearing a suit that looks like it's worth more than three dollars... HE MUST BE AN AMERICAN! That bloody yank!
by 5th Column April 28, 2003
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A person from New England, specifically Vermont, New Hampshire, Maine, Connecticut, Rhode Island or Massachusetts. Usually proud of their heritage, especially proud of their ansectors' actions in the Revolutinary War. Most likely a liberal.
"She's a yank from Vermont."
"The yanks are pretty democrat, they don't like Bush at all."
The Yank states are blue states.
by ch1ckad33 May 28, 2007
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