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Yanked vs Yarked - What's the difference?

yanked | yarked |

As verbs the difference between yanked and yarked

is that yanked is (yank) while yarked is (yark).

yanked

English

Verb

(head)
  • (yank)

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    yank

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A sudden, vigorous pull (sometimes defined as mass times jerk, or rate of change of force).

    • Synonyms

    * jerk, tug

    Verb

    (en verb)
  • To pull something with a quick, strong action.
  • to remove from circulation
    • They yanked the product as soon as they learned it was unsafe.

    Synonyms

    * (pull with a quick strong action) jerk, tug * (remove from circulation) pull, recall

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    yarked

    English

    Verb

    (head)
  • (yark)

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    yark

    English

    Etymology 1

    From (etyl) . More at (l).

    Verb

    (en verb)
  • To make ready; prepare.
  • *1881 , Walter Gregor, Notes on the Folk-Lore of the North-East of Scotland :
    • [...] Yet thou hast given us leather to yark , and leather to bark, [...]
  • (obsolete) To dispose; be set in order for; be destined or intended for.
  • (obsolete) To set open; open.
    • Derived terms
    * (l)

    Etymology 2

    Origin uncertain, probably originally imitative; compare (jerk) etc.

    Alternative forms

    * yerk

    Verb

    (en verb)
  • To draw (stitches etc.) tight.
  • To hit, strike, especially with a cane or whip.
  • To crack (a whip).
  • *, Folio Society, 2006, vol.1, p.96:
  • *:he would throw a Dagger, and make a whip to yarke and lash [tr. faisoit craqueter''], as cunningly as any Carter in ''France .

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