0 present participle of yank
1 to pull something forcefully with a quick movement:
The equations for the trace, even yanking, are built into the syntax of the nets.
In particular, we can prove the generalised yanking property.
They were always yanking off my glasses and pulling out tufts of hair, which was very, very painful.
After the carrier became detached from the passenger cab, the semi-truck came to a stop yanking the carrier from the cab.
Yanking out the bristles may result in leaving one or more 20-30 micrometre sized barbs in the skin, later to be manifest by granuloma formation.
That corresponds to the yanking.
Two contestants grab the rope and attempt to force the rope out of the opponent's hands by way of yanking, pulling, twisting, throwing, or otherwise ripping the rope out.
Sylvester hooks a passing speedboat, forcibly yanking him into the water.
