YANKING Synonyms

• the activity of transporting goods by truck

• an abrupt spasmodic movement

• lacking a steady rhythm

• the act of pulling; applying force to move something toward or with you

• causing great physical or mental suffering

• a sudden abrupt pull

• a powerful small boat designed to pull or push larger ships

• pull hard

• strive and make an effort to reach a goal

• tow (a vessel) with a tug

• carry with difficulty

• move by pulling hard

• pull or strain hard at

• struggle in opposition

• an American who lives in the North (especially during the American Civil War)

• an American who lives in New England

• an American (especially to non-Americans)

• used by Southerners for an inhabitant of a northern state in the United States (especially a Union soldier)

• an inhabitant of the North

• an American who lives in the North (especially during the American Civil War)

• the act of pulling; applying force to move something toward or with you

• the force used in pulling

• special advantage or influence

• a device used for pulling something

• a sharp strain on muscles or ligaments

• a slow inhalation (as of tobacco smoke)

• a sustained effort

• cause to move by pulling

• direct toward itself or oneself by means of some psychological power or physical attributes

• move into a certain direction

• apply force so as to cause motion towards the source of the motion

• perform an act, usually with a negative connotation

• bring, take, or pull out of a container or from under a cover

• steer into a certain direction

• strain abnormally

• cause to move in a certain direction by exerting a force upon, either physically or in an abstract sense

• operate when rowing a boat

• rein in to keep from winning a race

• tear or be torn violently

• hit in the direction that the player is facing when carrying through the swing

• strip of feathers

• remove, usually with some force or effort; also used in an abstract sense

• take sides with; align oneself with; show strong sympathy for

• take away

• a request by the manufacturer of a defective product to return the product (as for replacement or repair)

• a call to return

• a bugle call that signals troops to return

• the process of remembering (especially the process of recovering information by mental effort)

• the act of removing an official by petition

• recall knowledge from memory; have a recollection

• go back to something earlier

• bring to mind

• summon to return

• cause one's (or someone else's) thoughts or attention to return from a reverie or digression

• make unavailable; bar from sale or distribution

• cause to be returned

• a sudden abrupt pull

• a powerful small boat designed to pull or push larger ships

• pull hard

• strive and make an effort to reach a goal

• tow (a vessel) with a tug

• carry with difficulty

• move by pulling hard

• pull or strain hard at

• struggle in opposition

• an American (especially to non-Americans)