
yank | yank: v. 1 jerk, jolt, tug, wrench, snatch, hitch: He yanked the chair from beneath me just as I sat down. --n. 2 jerk, jolt, tug, wrench, snatch, hitch: Give two yanks on the rope when you want me to pull you up.
yap | yap: v. 1 bark, yelp: Their dog was yapping away all night. 2 gabble, babble, blither or blather, chatter, jabber, tattle, prattle, prate, Colloq chiefly Brit witter, natter, Slang jaw, run on, US run off at the mouth: I wish she''d stop her yapping and give me some peace. --n. 3 mouth, Slang trap, gob, US bazoo: If only Sam would shut his big yap once in a while!
yardstick | yardstick: n. measure, benchmark, criterion, standard, gauge, basis, touchstone, scale, exemplar: We thought she sang beautifully, but then we had no yardstick against which to judge.
yarn | yarn: n. 1 thread, fibre, strand: I haven''t enough yarn to finish knitting these socks. 2 tale, story, account, narrative, anecdote; tall tale, fable, fabrication, fiction, cock-and-bull story, Colloq whopper, Brit fishing story, US fish story, fish tale: The old salt had many yarns to spin during the long evenings by the fire.
