Yark vs Yank - What's the difference?
yark | yank |
To make ready; prepare.
*1881 , Walter Gregor, Notes on the Folk-Lore of the North-East of Scotland :
(obsolete) To dispose; be set in order for; be destined or intended for.
(obsolete) To set open; open.
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 .
A sudden, vigorous pull (sometimes defined as mass times jerk, or rate of change of force).
To pull something with a quick, strong action.
to remove from circulation
As verbs the difference between yark and yank
is that yark is to make ready; prepare while yank is to pull something with a quick, strong action.As a noun yank is
a sudden, vigorous pull (sometimes defined as mass times jerk, or rate of change of force).yark
English
Etymology 1
From (etyl) . More at (l).Verb
(en verb)- [...] Yet thou hast given us leather to yark , and leather to bark, [...]
Derived terms
* (l)Etymology 2
Origin uncertain, probably originally imitative; compare (jerk) etc.Alternative forms
* yerkVerb
(en verb)Anagrams
*yank
English
Noun
(en noun)Synonyms
* jerk, tugVerb
(en verb)- They yanked the product as soon as they learned it was unsafe.