Yank

n 1: an American who lives in the North (especially during the

American Civil War) [syn: {Yankee}, {Yank}, {Northerner}]

2: an American who lives in New England [syn: {New Englander},

{Yankee}, {Yank}]

3: an American [syn: {Yankee}, {Yank}, {Yankee-Doddle}]

v : pull, or move with a sudden movement: "Shayne turned the

handle and jerked the door open.." [syn: {jerk}]

yank

(From the colloquial meaning "to pull suddenly") To

insert a copy of some saved text at the current position in a

document being edited.

The term is used in the {Unix} {text editors} {GNU Emacs} and

{vi} but "{paste}" is more common elsewhere.

[Used elsewhere?]

(1998-07-01)