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Synonyms for yank
The synonym for yank recorded in this bank is tug, in the sense "to pull something suddenly and forcefully". Below it sits the sentence that fixes that meaning, the same sentence with the swap made, and the words that only look close.
The synonym for yank
- tugverb, in the sense "to pull something suddenly and forcefully"
A single pair, which is what a single sense earns. Words further down the page are near misses and are not synonyms for yank.
to pull something suddenly and forcefully
He had to yank the stuck drawer to get it open.
The true synonym
tug
Same sentence, swapped: He had to tug the stuck drawer to get it open.
Close but different
These three are the other tiles the game puts on screen for this sense, and the note above says why the closest of them fails. None is a synonym for yank in the sentence quoted.
- nudge
- twist
- shove
Where yank turns up in the game
yank is the word under test in one puzzle, at Tier 1, Foothills. It is never used as a wrong tile elsewhere in the bank, so every board it appears on is a board it can win.
Play yank
The bank on this page is the bank the game plays from, so yank reaches you as a board rather than a definition: the sentence first, four tiles, and the meaning after you choose.
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The ring widens as it goes, from objects at Foothills outward to the whole bank.
A reason under every answer, not just a right answer
Synonym Stack plays from this exact bank. yank carries 1 written reason line, and the game shows them the moment a round ends, whichever tile you tapped.